Venice 16.11.2012

Our day started with breakfast overlooking the Grand Canal. We then caught the vaporetto to Piazza San Marco (St Marks Square), via the lagoon, where there were some seriously expensive motor yachts. On the way to San Marcos we visited the Doges Palace. The Doge was the titular leader of the Venetian Republic. The palace, at the time, also served as the Parlimentary Rooms and the Prison, so it's not very palatial !!! From here we walked through Piazza San Marco, alongside and over the canals, and in need of a coffee and somewhere to sit, we found the Hard Rock Cafe ! The first John has ever been into !! We got lost and finally got back to the vaporetto and went to the Rialto Bridge. Back onto the vaporetto to near our hotel, where we wandered the lanes. At dinner, we met a nice couple from Stuttgart, we all ordered pizza, (which was huge), and only John was able to finish it. What a surprise !!!