Well... I suppose it was inevitable that someone would take a motorbike to Venice!
We left Slovenia, I was feeling a bit under the weather for the 168 miles from Ljubliana over to Padovo in Italy, however things picked up a bit along the way. We stopped for coffee in a small town where there was a a display of classic vehicles in the town square, then completed the journey missing the Autostrada (motorways) as the drivers are totally nuts in Italy.
Arriving at Padovo it turned out our Antipodean friend hadn't bothered to see the hotel was on an Industrial Estate at the back end of town. Once we got over the shock we resigned ourselves to getting on with it and had a nice evening in the town centre where the food and drink was very welcome.
As we were 20 miles from Venice it made absolute sense to head in as Morna had never visited before.
I remember it from a trip when I was 15 or 16 years old and unsurprisingly it hasn't really changed but it is sort of different if you are a free traveller rather than shipped in by coach to have your pockets emptied in St Marks Square.
Venice is absolutely unique and beautiful and still well worth a visit although we were nearly boiled alive having to get changed in and out of motorcycle gear in a multi story car park.
It is Anita's birthday tonight so looking forward to that..
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