Farewelled Budapest and after a wasted 3/4 of a day travelling we arrived in Venice. We had a water taxi from the airport to our hotel and as it was a beautiful sunny day we enjoyed the ride.
We arrived at our 'hotel' to discover that it is a historic house which has been converted to a B&B style establishment. Not what we were expecting but as we were happy to experience Venice we entered with an open mind. The open mind quickly disappeared when we discovered we had a rather small room at the back of the hotel overlooking multiple clotheslines and 2 very small and narrow single beds and a fridge that didn't work. This style of place did present us with some problems as there were no staff around and no lobby etc to hang around after we had to check out.
The next morning we were further disappointed to find that breakfast consisted of stale bread and croissants. The day was very wet but as we only had 2 days we decided to brave the weather and ventured off to Murano Island (as I wanted to buy some venetian glass jewelry). We soon discovered that our rain jackets were not waterproofed and after 3 hours of walking around (slightly lost) in the pouring rain and lashing wind we eventually found the Vaporetto stop and headed cold and wet back to the hotel. After a nice hot shower we took advantage of a break in the rain to run to the nearest cafe for lunch. Unfortunately our experience of Italian food in Venice left a lot to be desired but with full tummies, even if it wasn't the tastiest meal, we spent the rest of the afternoon in our room.
Friday being our last day we pottered around in the morning, still trying to dry out our wet clothes and shoes (with the hairdryer) from the previous day so we could pack. We left all our luggage in the stairwell (as directed) and checked out. Luckily the weather had improved to showers and no wind so we ventured to Murano again where I finally found the jewelry I wanted. We had a very nice lunch in a little cafe on the island which we stretched out for a few hours to fill in time and then spent the rest of the day cruising the canals and walking the alleyways between showers.
Eventually back to the hotel to collect the luggage and made our way to the airport for the 9.30pm flight home. We were looking forward to our time in Venice after being there last year but the horrid weather and bad accommodation left us feeling very 'over Italy'.
We arrived at our 'hotel' to discover that it is a historic house which has been converted to a B&B style establishment. Not what we were expecting but as we were happy to experience Venice we entered with an open mind. The open mind quickly disappeared when we discovered we had a rather small room at the back of the hotel overlooking multiple clotheslines and 2 very small and narrow single beds and a fridge that didn't work. This style of place did present us with some problems as there were no staff around and no lobby etc to hang around after we had to check out.
The next morning we were further disappointed to find that breakfast consisted of stale bread and croissants. The day was very wet but as we only had 2 days we decided to brave the weather and ventured off to Murano Island (as I wanted to buy some venetian glass jewelry). We soon discovered that our rain jackets were not waterproofed and after 3 hours of walking around (slightly lost) in the pouring rain and lashing wind we eventually found the Vaporetto stop and headed cold and wet back to the hotel. After a nice hot shower we took advantage of a break in the rain to run to the nearest cafe for lunch. Unfortunately our experience of Italian food in Venice left a lot to be desired but with full tummies, even if it wasn't the tastiest meal, we spent the rest of the afternoon in our room.
Friday being our last day we pottered around in the morning, still trying to dry out our wet clothes and shoes (with the hairdryer) from the previous day so we could pack. We left all our luggage in the stairwell (as directed) and checked out. Luckily the weather had improved to showers and no wind so we ventured to Murano again where I finally found the jewelry I wanted. We had a very nice lunch in a little cafe on the island which we stretched out for a few hours to fill in time and then spent the rest of the day cruising the canals and walking the alleyways between showers.
Eventually back to the hotel to collect the luggage and made our way to the airport for the 9.30pm flight home. We were looking forward to our time in Venice after being there last year but the horrid weather and bad accommodation left us feeling very 'over Italy'.
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