We had an early start, the alarm waking us at 04:30 and we were quickly up and on our way to Gatwick. Very little traffic hindered our progress and having found the valet parking, checked in our case at the very automated easyJet bag drop, we were soon through security and settled with coffee and pain chocolate at the lounge (courtesy of Barclays).
At the appointed hour we walked to our gate and boarded the Airbus A320 fairly quickly. Then some delays! Firstly the captain realised that pressure was low in the front tyres and an engineer was called out with his foot pump to reinflate. Only joking about the foot pump but it did take a while. We then taxied out to the tarmac but having missed our slot we had to wait some time before there was one available- an incredibly busy time at Gatwick.
The flight was good and unremarkable and having been delayed an hour or so we were soon at Marco Polo airport and on our way to the quay to catch our water taxi. The LLW had a bit of a rant about the exorbitant fares but off we went on our speedboat across the lagoon. A very lovely way to approach Venice and we were dropped off fairly close to our apartment for the week on the borders on San Polo and Santa Croce.
The cleaner was still busy so we left our luggage and wandered down to the local square for a late lunch. After a quick snooze we purchased weekly tickets for the Vaporetti and walked down to San Stae Vaporetti stop and boarded the No 1 for an evening cruise down the Grand Canal. As ever the floodlight mansions bordering the canal are magnificent by night.
We turned back at Academia and walked the short distance from San Stae to our apartment in Corte Mariani. Ray watched the last 20 minutes of the Juventus vs Barcelona Champions League quarter final, which was televised without commentary, and soon after we were fast asleep.
At the appointed hour we walked to our gate and boarded the Airbus A320 fairly quickly. Then some delays! Firstly the captain realised that pressure was low in the front tyres and an engineer was called out with his foot pump to reinflate. Only joking about the foot pump but it did take a while. We then taxied out to the tarmac but having missed our slot we had to wait some time before there was one available- an incredibly busy time at Gatwick.
The flight was good and unremarkable and having been delayed an hour or so we were soon at Marco Polo airport and on our way to the quay to catch our water taxi. The LLW had a bit of a rant about the exorbitant fares but off we went on our speedboat across the lagoon. A very lovely way to approach Venice and we were dropped off fairly close to our apartment for the week on the borders on San Polo and Santa Croce.
The cleaner was still busy so we left our luggage and wandered down to the local square for a late lunch. After a quick snooze we purchased weekly tickets for the Vaporetti and walked down to San Stae Vaporetti stop and boarded the No 1 for an evening cruise down the Grand Canal. As ever the floodlight mansions bordering the canal are magnificent by night.
We turned back at Academia and walked the short distance from San Stae to our apartment in Corte Mariani. Ray watched the last 20 minutes of the Juventus vs Barcelona Champions League quarter final, which was televised without commentary, and soon after we were fast asleep.
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