Venice 12 May 2007

Our first stop is to St Mark square. The interior of the church is magnificent! It's made up of three domes and the walls tell the story of Mark and Jesus using Mosiac. The background uses tiny small gold tiles so it looks really grand on the whole. Outside there are hundreds of pigeons waiting to be fed which can be quite scary. In Venice, experience missing your way and you may find something unexpectedly awaiting for you. There are some many bridges and small lanes that it will be abnormal if you didn't get lost. We also have a gondola ride on the narrow canals with the rower singing which is kind of cool.

After dinner at the campsite ard 8, we decided to venture out to the city ourselves instead of partying which our group do everynight without fail. We took a bus from Fastina where our camp is to venice which took about 1 hr. Unfortunately, we missed the stop to alight and ended up in a remote carpark. Thank god that we met a family who happened to be leaving the place. Only then did we realise that there is no more bus service and it will take a long time to walk back to the railway station where there is a bus that can catch to Venice. They offered us a ride to the railway station which we gratefully accepted.

Such nice people. Venice definitely leave me a good impression!