Venice
Bondi Tram
Peter Colquhoun and Sandra Colquhoun
Sat 29 Aug 2009 22:59
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We entered the Venice Lagoon at 7 a.m. after an overnight sail from
Croatia. We went up
to the entrance of the Grand Canal (to the right below) and Bondi Tram
poked a nose in as it was very quiet
at that time of the morning.
We really enjoyed our time in Venice, on of the top highlights of our
cruising so far.. it will be
hard to beat the Venetian experience.
 Piazza San Marco
 The island of San Giorgio Maggiori opposite St Marks.
 After cruising around Venice for a couple of hours, we then went 5 miles up
through the canals
to the island of Burrano (below: approaching Burrano)
 We stayed here the whole time we were in Venice and really loved it.
We took our dinghy into
Burrano and caught the vaporetto to and from Venice every day.
Amazingly, there were hardly any
mosquitoes during our stay, considering we were surrounded by
marshes.
In the background below is the island of Torcello, which was the first
island settled in the lagoon and
at one time was much bigger than Venice with a population of over 20,000 -
now no more than 50 people
live there.
We anchored fore and aft as there were four tides a day, running at 2 to 3
knots.
 The church tower in Burrano leans at the same angle as the leaning tower of
Pisa. We cruised
through the canals in our dinghy, taking the pictures below.
    Having dinner in Burrano, an excellent restaurant, we went twice the food
was so good.
 Very touristy Piazza San Marco
  Ferry across the Grand Canal - 50 cents to cross
 The Rialto bridge
  but you were able to find delightful quiet back streets
   Festival masks
 Floating green grocer
 The Australian Pavilion at the Biennale, with the "Mad Max" car that David
worked on when
he worked for Ron at Asquith
 Wine shop...fill your plastic bottles for 2 to 5 Euros a litre
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