Arriving Venice
The Diary of Sonsy Lass
Alex & June Laidlaw
Mon 17 Jun 2013 09:23
Our check out of Croatia was in the beautiful little town of Rovinj which had a remarkable Roman coliseum. For such a tiny place this was quite a surprise.
We finally reached Venice on 12th June and 5 boats sailed (under engine) right up to St Marks Square. It was truly awesome with literally thousands of boats from buses to taxis to cargo, careering every which way and causing a terrific amount of wake. All we could do was to stand our ground and pray we'd get out without crashing. Which we did and then found our marina which is on a very small island so its the water bus or dinghy to get off to explore Venice proper. It is a remarkable city with hundreds of canals, magnificent buildings that go way back and extremely narrow streets. A really great place to end the rally. Our final dinner was a fantastic affair with delicious food and wine.
It was quite an emotional scene when some of the boats left for Croatia or to go down the Italian coast. We are hoping we will all be able to meet
with a few of them as we make our way back down south then onto Sardinia.