Transit day today. We were picked up by water taxi and had one last ride through the canals to get to the airport. We flew to Orlando via Frankfurt, where Josh duely ate a frankfurt.Our flight was filled with giants- there had to be at least 10 people who could barely stand up straight. We arrived at the Hard Rock Hotel at about 7.15 Orlando time and met up with the Starretts. The boys are pretty excited to be at the theme parks and can't wait to hit the parks.
A few thoughts on Venice:
It is very picturesque but kind of sad to see all the rotting buildings. There is a very interesting restoration project in place where they are coating a building with a special catalytic material that eats the salt and the pollution. Every one building restored like this will keep a whole block clean going forward. When I have time I will google to find out a bit more as the project looked interesting.
The whole place seems totally geared to the tourist trade. The shops all offer the same things although the quality does vary between shops.
St Marks square, like Rome, is overrun with Indians selling toys and Africans selling knock off handbags. Josh has taken to imitating the toy sellers. He takes a photo and then tries to sell it to us- "only five Euro- very cheap".
I am not sure whether our preparation was poor (ie we went to the wrong places) or whether Venice is just not for me, but I will not be back in a hurry.
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