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| The campanile of the Frari church |
We were late into breakfast and Richard missed out on the croissants. Today we are heading for S Toma and the Frari church. We took umbrellas. While walking through the small streets we saw some nice shops and I bought a notebook, possibly a bit big. We went into
S. M. Gloriosa dei Frari, which was large and empty. We saw the showy tombs of Tician and Canova and works by Titian and Bellini. It was rather gloomy otherwise.
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| Big cruise ships visit Venice daily |
Then we walked to
Piazza de S. Margherita and then onto S. Sebastian, near Calle Avogaria where we ate the other night. The church was closed for prayer.We went into the post office and bought stamps for all my cards - 4 to UK and one to China.We had a drink at the waterside near Zaccare before rain interrupted. We saw the huge cruise ship Nieuw Amsterdam. Then back to the hotel for a rest.
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| Richard near the Salute church |
At 2.30 we walked along to the
Peggy Guggenheim collection. It was pouring with rain. Everyone had the same idea of keeping dry inside. The place was full of American tourists and others. There were some nice Picassos and Kandinskys and some rather surreal works by Ernst and others, plus sculptures and mobiles. We had a nice chocolate and hazelnut cake with coffee in the museum cafe.
We walked back via
Salute and it was open today - an empty round church with a few side chapels. Came back a different route; we checked the restaurant opposite for later. We tried the hotel steam room but it wasn't switched on. Pity. I had a shower and we decided to head for
Osteria Bacareto near Campo S Stephano, as recommended by the German guide book. We got a table and had good service but the food was average. Risotto with veg and stockfish three ways with polenta. For wine we tried a
Colutta 2010 Sauvignon. We walked back via the Accademia Bridge, and the sunset was pretty.
We missed the Transit of Venus.
