Venice Day 1

Finally we have landed. 

It's 11:30 the next day, and we are going to try to stay up as long as we can till we crash. We decided to take a water bus to our hotel which is one of the first stops when we get to Venice. We bought our tickets from a machine/kiosk at the airport, and there is someone there to help and guide you through the process. It's  Euros for a one way ticket. I thought I would be super efficient and buy a 3 day water bus for 40 Euros while I was at the airport. This pass will get me to St. Marks Square. a ride down the Grand Canal and even get me to Murano and Burano. It's unlimited for 3 days.  Once you walk out across the way you will see little booths where you can buy these. 

Just follow the people to get to the water taxis. They will  tell you which line to get into. It was a little bit of a wait for the water taxi. So be prepared, it moves slow. It was about a 45 minute ride to our hotel Ca'Pozza which was right by the Guglia stop. This location is the northern part about a 10 minute walk to the train station and 15 minute walk to the people mover for the cruise ships. Our hotel is down one of those very narrow little alleyways at the end, but the hotel is very updated and clean. 

Ca' Pozza Hotel

The front desk is very helpful and informative. No elevator which I already knew, but I was only on the second floor, and they will help you if you need it. 

After we unpacked and settled in we decided to venture out. I made tours for the next day in case we had any problems or unexpected delays. So I thought we could go to Murano and Burano, knowing it was a short water bus ride away. Lucky us we caught the water taxi right outside our hotel to Murano, the glass blowing factory island. It was about a 15 minute or so water ride to the island. We of course started buying souvenirs in some stores, and most every store is full of Murano glass, what it is infamously known for.

I like to not bring any earrings, go into a store and buy earrings to wear out. So I bought some cute Murano Glass earrings as one of my souvenirs. It was a pretty hot day and the clouds were coming in, so asked a few people for direction to the next water boat to Burano. It's easy to get disoriented in the twisty little alleyways and streets. So we took a 35 minute boat ride to Burano which is known for lace making and pastel colored houses and store along the way. Whenever you see paintings of Italy and the multi colored painted houses it is usually Burano.

By now we are getting hungry and tired so stopped at a little restaurant for beer and pizza.

We didn't buy any lace and headed back to the boat to get back to the hotel. We were both worn out and started to nod off even

 on the boat.  We transferred to another water boat and headed to the 

hotel to crash out. I never fell so fast asleep in my whole lie.