It’s been a busy week here after getting home from Venice. In our house of six, two of us brought home colds (including me) and two caught a stomach bug along with our major purchases. We also have a final large painting due next week so I’ve been slow in writing my trip updates.
After a morning reviewing our paintings with Craig, we left for Venice around 1:30. We made good time getting there with the “route” advice from our host Gabrielle. Including Jason’s family, there were 24 of us all together in three vans. It took us about four hours to get there including a restroom and snack stop. We parked the vans at a parking garage near a vaporetto (ferry) stop to Venice. Here’s a photo of Jason passing out our ferry tickets, one of us disembarking from the boat and part of the lobby of our hotel.
Once everyone got to their rooms, we were on our own for the rest of the evening. A group of us met in front of the hotel to check out Piazza San Marco (the main piazza in Venice) then find a place to eat dinner. We stopped a lot along the way to take pictures. 
The day was overcast, but I still got a couple good shots of the cannels. Once we got to the piazza and looked around, we decided to focus on getting something to eat.
After dinner, Craig said he “knew” how to get back to the hotel but we got lost. Getting lost is typical and expected in Venice, even with a map; most streets aren’t marked; only the major piazza’s and churches are. There are dead ends and navigating at night time made finding our hotel a challenge. After walking around for an hour, I decided this wasn’t working looked at my map to find the way.
Once we got to a large piazza, we were able to find our way back. That was our first evening in Venice, long but enjoyable.
After a morning reviewing our paintings with Craig, we left for Venice around 1:30. We made good time getting there with the “route” advice from our host Gabrielle. Including Jason’s family, there were 24 of us all together in three vans. It took us about four hours to get there including a restroom and snack stop. We parked the vans at a parking garage near a vaporetto (ferry) stop to Venice. Here’s a photo of Jason passing out our ferry tickets, one of us disembarking from the boat and part of the lobby of our hotel.
Once everyone got to their rooms, we were on our own for the rest of the evening. A group of us met in front of the hotel to check out Piazza San Marco (the main piazza in Venice) then find a place to eat dinner. We stopped a lot along the way to take pictures. 
The day was overcast, but I still got a couple good shots of the cannels. Once we got to the piazza and looked around, we decided to focus on getting something to eat.After dinner, Craig said he “knew” how to get back to the hotel but we got lost. Getting lost is typical and expected in Venice, even with a map; most streets aren’t marked; only the major piazza’s and churches are. There are dead ends and navigating at night time made finding our hotel a challenge. After walking around for an hour, I decided this wasn’t working looked at my map to find the way.
Once we got to a large piazza, we were able to find our way back. That was our first evening in Venice, long but enjoyable.
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