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Taken from the vaporetto, near the station.11:04:56
The vaporetto heading towards the Rialto / St. Mark's looked insanely crowded, so we decided to go the long way round, to Zattere instead.11:05:04
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Lots of huge cruise liners were moored around the port of Venice.
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An old sailing ship.11:37:40
Gallerie dell' Academia.11:49:12
Inside Gallerie dell' Academia.11:52:31
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Unfortunately Veronese's humorous take on the Last Supper (Feast at the House of Levi) was being restored and therefore only partially visible.12:19:00
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The Miracles of Venice series - these were probably my favourites in the Gallerie dell' Academia.12:43:21
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Back to the Grand Canal.13:05:09
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Nice lamp here - Murano glass perhaps?13:13:22
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Lunch in a slightly touristy cafe.14:24:29
I regret ordering this - yes it is a pizza with chips on top. It was on the menu and had an Italian name, I somehow imagined it might be a bit more sophisticated than this!14:46:35
Mushrooms made of bread.
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Palazzo Grimani. They had an exhibition of Canaletto here.15:22:59
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Another ice cream break.16:13:44
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I love the way the reflections of the water play on the buildings and bridges in Venice.16:41:11
Getting the vaporetto to Murano.16:41:21
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...and now back on the main island once more. We thought we'd go back to the rather nice spot across from Fondaco dei Turchi which we'd enjoyed yesterday for a pre dinner drink.18:06:45
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None of the hotels on the main island in Venice have irons in the rooms. Tempted to buy one and set up a business attending to the shirts of sartorially concerned tourists.18:26:02
Early dinner in Gam Gam, a kosher restaurant on the edge of Venice's Jewish quarter (where the word ghetto originally comes from).
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Falafel were good.18:55:56
One of the entrances to the ghetto - I'd heard these used to have gates and you could still see where the hinges had been.18:58:27
Synagogue.18:59:14
I think this is a more noteworthy former gatepost.
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This little annex was very intriguing.19:01:46
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Leaving the ghetto now.19:24:21
At Venice station, ready to board the sleeper train to Paris.
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Chie and the Thello.19:38:01
Chie in our cabin on the Venice to Paris sleeper train.19:38:08
The corridor.19:40:52
Me and the ladder.
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The sink in our cabin.19:48:24
Me on the lower bunk.20:08:50
Last few glimpses of Venice as the train pulls out of the station and goes over the bridge across the lagoon.20:09:05
Goodbye Venice!
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We raced this train for some way across the bridge.21:11:09
Views of the Italian countryside from the sleeper train.
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In the bar on the sleeper train, enjoying a complimentary glass of "Champagne".21:43:23
In the dining car of the sleeper train where we had dinner 2.21:44:37
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A sort of vegetable lasagne.
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Cleaning my teeth back in our cabin.23:53:31
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