A leisurely breakfast in our apartment and then off to Arsenale and Guardini to visit the area where we have stayed at least twice before on our visits to Venice. Having walked to Rialto, Ray decided that the knees were complaining too much to walk any further so the Vaporetto was employed for the latter part of the journey. We wandered around the area at Via Garibaldi and spotted a number of restaurants and floating shops that we remembered from past visits before stopping for the mandatory cappuccino.
On then east along the promenade to St Elena where we caught the 5.2 Vaporetti to the south of Dorsodouro. Now I can hear you all exclaim what on earth is the 5.2? Apparently some years ago two Vaporetti routes were named the 51 and 52 but the authorities decided to simplify matters and rename them the 5.1 and 5.2! Essentially the 5.1 sails anticlockwise around Venice via the Guidecca canal and the 5.2 clockwise. So if all goes quiet in the snug, you can introduce this fascinating fact.
We embarked at Spirito Santo and walked west along the Fondamenta Zattere Allo Spirito Santo viewing restaurants as we went. The LLW had decided that, since a special dinner was planned for later, very, very little was allowed at lunch time so restaurant after restaurant was passed by until we arrived at a snack bar serving pannini! By now it was hot but delightful sitting by the side of the very wide canal between Dorsodouro and Guidecca.
We then walked back via Academia to Resta Vicenza in Corte Mariani and arrived just before the forecast thunderstorm. Thoughts of going out again were curtailed by heavy rain and we settled for an early supper of the stuffed chicken which proved to be absolutely excellent and brilliantly cooked by the LLW.
On then east along the promenade to St Elena where we caught the 5.2 Vaporetti to the south of Dorsodouro. Now I can hear you all exclaim what on earth is the 5.2? Apparently some years ago two Vaporetti routes were named the 51 and 52 but the authorities decided to simplify matters and rename them the 5.1 and 5.2! Essentially the 5.1 sails anticlockwise around Venice via the Guidecca canal and the 5.2 clockwise. So if all goes quiet in the snug, you can introduce this fascinating fact.
We embarked at Spirito Santo and walked west along the Fondamenta Zattere Allo Spirito Santo viewing restaurants as we went. The LLW had decided that, since a special dinner was planned for later, very, very little was allowed at lunch time so restaurant after restaurant was passed by until we arrived at a snack bar serving pannini! By now it was hot but delightful sitting by the side of the very wide canal between Dorsodouro and Guidecca.
We then walked back via Academia to Resta Vicenza in Corte Mariani and arrived just before the forecast thunderstorm. Thoughts of going out again were curtailed by heavy rain and we settled for an early supper of the stuffed chicken which proved to be absolutely excellent and brilliantly cooked by the LLW.
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