Starting off the day we grabbed a croissant to go and headed over to the Doge’s Palace our way there as we were passing through the San Marco square and seagulls flew down and snatched Andreas croissant from her had and cut her finger! I thankfully was able to protect mine, and in the line up the children started to clap in celebration and laugh at the sight! We made it to the castle with no other interruptions and headed inside the castle. Inside was beautiful furniture all lined with gold and then most beautiful chandeliers I have seen. They were glass blown and in colourful and playful designs. Each room had a different chandelier and was painted or covered with wallpaper. What was really interesting as well is that some of the rooms had secret hidden doors that were used by the servants so that they would not associate with the royals and nobles.
After looking through we went off to the market to buy a whole bunch of fruit for lunch. Included in this we bought a quarter of a watermelon for just 2 euros! It was all so messy but so fresh and good! Again we went to our favourite little spot, the steps onlooking the water on the side of the market. Since we were able to get here relatively early unlike other days we were able to see the fish market. Well I was actually able to smell it before I saw it! It was fun to watch the locals buying their food for the day and see the tourists follow suit.
We went back into the San Marco square and went to the Museo Correr, which includes the library, and the Archaeology museum inside there were three other museums all within one building and interconnected. The library portion of it was so interesting, the books were form at least the thirteenth century, there were also maps and globes too. Canada wasn’t even drawn onto most of the maps. Then we went to area that had so many busts all of whom we presume were famous Greek statutes that the Romans obtained. Even though there were so many different types to me all the faces started to look the same! After finishing up we were a bit tired of museums, so we went and grabbed some gelato and sat San Marco Square. We then still didn’t know what at else to do, so we roamed the streets and somehow managed to end up at another gelato shop. With a different flavour of course. We then sat down by a canal and watched gondolas pass through. As dinner time was approaching, or as the Italians refer it to ‘happy hour’ since they eat to late here we went off to a tapas sort of bar where we were able to get all we could eat for just 2 euros. We grabbed our plates and loaded up of bruschetta, pasta and rice. There were so many different types of bruschetta that ranged from deep fried tuna, artichoke, beans, capers and of course with tomatoes and basil. Once we felt we justified our all our can eat we needed to cross the other side of the water so instead of walking decide to get a taste of a gonadal ride by taking a treghetto over to the other side. So technically we did ride in a gondola. We then grabbed our gear and made our way over to the mainland to go to the camping site that we will be staying at for the next few nights. No according to Andrea and the website this is t the typical pitch a tent camping. There are tents along with cabins, big washroom facilities, restaurants, bars, Internet cafe and pools: making it glamorous clamping or Glamping. Of course it wouldn’t be an adventure if we didn’t get lost. We needed up having to ask many local at shops, hotels and on the streets befor we got there. What was suppose to be a half an hour walked turned out to be at least double that amount and walking with our big backpacks in total of three hours lets just say that we were very excited to be able to go to sleep. Now it’s been quite some while since I have camped so we shall see how this night goes…