Day 8- Venice

We decided to take the train to Venice on Friday since the weather had cooled down considerably.  We took the bus to the train station, got our first class tickets- thinking there would be a huge difference between first and second class.... oh no, this is their way of saying 'screw you, we just got 10 extra euro out of you muahahahaha'  There is no difference and we would find out on the way back when we decided not to buy first class. Sometimes the air conditioning doesn't work, and the trains aren't reliable.  The wonderful toilets that I refused to go in after Sandro came back and told me he fixed one that was leaking water all over the floor.  Fixed some tube above the toilet- way to go Sandro, I see a future for you working on the trains. Forget your great job helping people and painting, you belong on the rails!
The train was 2 hours, a great way to go since you don't have to worry about parking and it was relaxing.

Last time I was in Venice, I was 16 and didn't remember too much.  I believe the only place we saw was the Piazza San Marco so going back was a delight! We strayed from the hoards of people, going off and finding little lanes here and there.  Taking fabulous photos along the way. 

We came across some fabulous works by Jan Fabre- beautiful sculptures- you can find more of his work here;
http://www.janfabre.be/Pages/index.php

 Stopped for lunch at a little restaurant with a garden in the back.  The garden was beautiful and had a canopy of grapes and flowers over the eating area.  The pizza's were fantastic; Sandro's was eggplant and zucchini and mine was ricotta and spinach.

 Once we headed back on the main paths, we were amid thousands of people.  We decided at this point to start taking photos of interesting people, since we had our 'tourist' shots.  We had a great laugh and here are some of them....

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What on earth is that from? YIKES!

We headed back to the train around 4 and once we got back in Trieste, we got ready and headed out for the Celtic Festival.  Unfortunately, Trieste had a bad Bora (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_%28wind%29) that day, so the stage and all the tents were not set up for anything.  It was really chilly that night as well, due to the Bora.