Tuesday 5 June, sunny at last

Woke during the night with a call from China, but no signal to speak. We got up after 8.30, and the room was very chilly due to the overactive air conditioning. We watched the news on BBC World and heard all about the previous night's Jubilee concert and Prince Philip's illness. Today we plan to go to San Giorgio, the beautiful church floating on the water opposite.

Blue skies over Venice

After breakfast we checked out, paying the accommodation tax for four stars and four nights. We left our cases at the hotel. We went to Accademia to buy additional vaporetto tickets for 12 hours as we only had a big 50 euro note. We went to San Marco and then took the number 2 again on the long scenic route to S Giorgio via the Grand Canal. We saw the Nieuw Amsterdam again moored at Tronchetto.




After an hour we reached the island next to Giudecca where S Giorgio stands. We went straight inside and saw paintings by Tintoretto and others - very nice though a bit dark.Interesting choirstalls too. We took the lift up to the top of the Campanile where there were fantastic views all round. Took lots of photos. At last some blue sky!

Then we had lunch at the next door bar - tuna salad with rocket, egg, tomatoes and olives - very tasty and fresh. Plus a glass of white wine. Very pleasant.

Palazza Ducale on a clear day

We took the famous 2 back to San Marco and strolled around the square, taking a few more sunny pics. We walked past Florian's and Harry's Bar but sadly didn't go in. Then we went back to the hotel, collected our bags and walked to Zattere which was a better connection to the airport. We had time for an ice-cream cone while we waited. We took the Alilaguna Blue Line to the airport, which took about one and a half hours. We had over 2 hours to wait so we visited a wine bar for some Nebbiolo and some cheese. No problems with the homeward journey.