Venice - Getting There and Our Hotel

On Wednesday morning, we took the ferry from Rovinj to Venice. It's a relatively short distance, so the ferry company offers a package deal for people who want to do a day trip. (Sort of like the Victoria Clipper people do in Seattle.) So, there were about 15 people on the boat who were travelling to Venice (like us) and about 100 more German and Swedish tourists on a day trip. They segregated people by language, and somehow we were stuck with all the Germans for 3+ hours. German - not the prettiest of languages, especially when the tour guide spent over an hour explaining Venice to them in German.

But, this, too, passed, and we arrived in Venice. Venice is not really made for rolling luggage. We had a lovely little walk from the ferry boat to the hotel, which would have been even nicer if I hadn't had to carry our bags over all those bridges. (My opinion on the bridges changed significantly once I didn't have to carry luggage over them.)

Our hotel is on a side street, and is surprisingly nondescript from the outside.



It's the first door on the left. Not obvious, is it?



That's the actual door.





That's the room itself. It's not bad, although very expensive (as expected - it is Venice, after all).

Oh, I almost forgot. The hotel has an alternate entrance - by the canal.