Ireland Weekend in Venice Two weekends ago to the delight of Martha, but my course, we spent a long weekend in Venice.
We booked l'andata con Ryanair per un prezzo ridicolo su Treviso, che Ryanair definisce Venezia (Treviso) ma sono punti di vista evidentemente, e abbiamo preso una giornata off da lavoro. Per dormire avevamo prenotato l'hotel Panorama, di cui avevamo letto buone recensioni un pò ovunque, che si trova sull'isola Lido di Venezia.
Venerdì 29 gennaio : Arrivati all'aeroporto di Treviso intorno all'ora di pranzo, abbiamo subito chiesto per la rivendita di biglietti per raggiungere Venezia, che che ne dica Ryanair infatti ci sono una quarantina di minuti in autobus tra l'aeroporto e la Laguna.
Allo stesso sportello abbiamo acquistato per 6 euro a persona il biglietto One way to Venice (suggested a return ticket with a discount on whether to resume the flight from Treviso) since the return we had booked directly with the real Aerlingus Venice airport (Marco Polo).
Besides that, we also request and purchase the single ticket to be able to circulate for 48 hours in any half in the city of Venice. There are different types of ticket value from the variable depending on how many hours you want to travel, what with 48 hours and costs about 26 € per person if I remember correctly. But to understand how important it is to purchase this type of ticket you have to think that just 60 minutes drive minimum denomination of tickets available, it takes 6 euro and around the lagoon is almost just be enough to make a trip.
the ticket in question in fact it validates the first time and then leave the hours that you purchased, for example, we have endorsed him Friday and Sunday at 17:30 at the same time has expired.
But back to the trip, the bus was late about 40 minutes to get to Piazzale Roma. From there, after having informed the bus to the Venice airport, we purchased in advance at 3 euro each return ticket. Our walk started from here to Venice, crossing the bridge we started to follow all the signs around town that indicate how to reach Rialto and the Piazza San Marco.
Along the walk we stopped at the restaurant "Ai Scalzi" for a bite, then proceed along the picturesque alleys colored by many mask shops and local sweets. After a long series of photos and several minutes of video footage with my new Sony video camera, we finally arrived in Piazza San Marco. The indescribable pleasure of having the beauty of Venice without the suffocation of the crowd of tourists at this time obviously there are not many around.
The first ticket for travel on the ferry we endorsed at 17:30 to reach the Lido of Venice, where the reservation was waiting for us four-star Hotel Panorama. Without the check-in we arrived at the room and relaxed a bit. We did not have the force of Martha and I go out except to go to dinner at a pizzeria just around the Panorama hotel around 21:00.
Saturday, January 30: The objective of the day was to visit Murano, so we took the invitation of the goalkeeper who had arranged a free taxi (eye when I talk about taxis in Venice on the water means that it must therefore boat) for up to 6 people to visit a glass factory in Murano, aware that the real purpose of the thing was trying to foist some product once on site.
Demonstration the factory was very interesting with two middle-aged sognori showed us how to make a glass jar and then blowing a horse. During the demonstration there was a guy who explained to us in English (even worse) the procedure, given that we were present: a pair consisting of one Canadian and one Mongolian, an Italian (I) and Spain (Marta), a Belgian and a French think.
The curtain began soon after when we met encircle by real sellers who showed us around, we took a look to the vessels from 3000 € and gold-plated services you have until revealed to our "guardian angel" of the situation (Luke) that I was Italian (I know) and who live in rent then I would have never bought anything that was not in everyday use.
Yet Luke had it put everything into English using an unthinkable that mixed Italian, English, Venetian and Portuguese (at one point we looked at Martha with air-shocked when he said something like "el no se gold puede trabajar cuando es hot ... "ok,) a pouring out anything. At the end we still made happy by buying a ring that he was pleased that Martha and all in all it cost us a fair price but not if we consider that if we traveled by taxi for free for half an hour, had a live presentation for few close friends and everything else.
Exit or rather fled from the factory horror (joke clear) that will carry the name as soon as possible as soon as you recruit, we took some pictures for Murano (the town is pretty bad if not anonymous) and then made Return to Piazza San Marco via boat to go to lunch.
lunch we finally made it to the restaurant as the Conca d'Oro, after the bad experience at the restaurant the day before the Scalzi.
In the afternoon we spent time favorite activity by Marta and women in general: shopping! So I'll spare you all to dinner when we decided to keep light us a healthy round of cuts and delicacies from Italian supermarket we bought and brought to room in the hotel.
Sunday, January 31: The snow has surprised us in the morning, Venice is then displayed in a white robe completely unexpected. The cold was even worse than here in Dublin that was even before the first tornado in Dublin said that I no longer looking so cool!
Despite the cold, snow and temperature prohibitive we decided on Sunday to face the longest journey on sea to reach Burano. The total trip is about an hour and twenty from San Marco. Burano is necessary to take two different boats, a boat before it leads to Punta Sabbioni and then from there get off and change to a ferry that takes you directly to Burano.
suffered saving the freezing cold while waiting to tell you Burano arrival 80 minutes after departure. The snow had thickened arrival on the island and unfortunately I had the opportunity to do a lot of photos of the place is very colorful and picturesque (much nicer than Murano honestly). The temperature close to zero, however, made it unlikely that an island tour with Martin we took advantage of a restaurant for shelter and ask for a table for two, it was the restaurant Il Gatto Nero
luck apart from the restaurant Il Gatto Nero gave us a very good lunch at a cost that would define medium-high for Italy, but satisfaction has exceeded the base money!
Considering the time it takes to get to and from Burano, after lunch there remained a long time before having to take the bus from the airport to Piazzale Roma in Venice (the real one). We then took the first boat (which I remember for the record runs every hour) and we traveled to San Marco, from there take the vaporetto to Piazzale Roma and from there the bus to Venice Marco Polo.
The return was quiet except with a rain delay that prevented the "defrost" the wings of the aircraft for safety had to be treated with a spray frost prior to takeoff.
Venice we liked a lot, lot more to me of my first visit in travel time when San Marco has more people than pigeons and when the roads are attacked by hordes of aliens. The landscape is ideal for a romantic weekend, but this is the discovery dell'HO2, a look at where you eat, it is not true that the premises are of poor quality, just use your brain when you choose even if I agree we also need a dose of luck.
Attention to visit the glass factories on this because as we try in every way to trim things, make sure you buy only if you really want. If you feel you do not handle the pressure just avoided the visit, as written before Burano (less popular) is much, much more beautiful than Murano (at least by me).
And finally I do not know at home, but I come from one with a name like that not only would I imagine a big hit, but would have serious difficulties to be believed or seen as "quality choice!
