On the move again

Before we left Venice we, of course, took a ride on a gondola. We found a good deal starting well away from the main canals and had a lovely peaceful glide through some small canals.


The gondolier had to duck his head for some of the lower tunnels! It was a wonderful experience, and he even sang to us.

Next day we were up early and caught a water bus to the railway station. We had checked out the times and were aiming for the 8.27am bound for Rome. There was a train every hour so we thought we didn't need to book. Big mistake as we found there were no seats until the 11.27 and only 3 left on that. We bought our tickets, stored our luggage and hopped on the next water bus thinking we could see a bit more of Venice and get a bit more mileage out of our ticket.

It was all good until after about 20 minutes we stopped skirting around the main island and headed off who knows where! Eventually we stopped at an island, found our way onto a bus with a more direct route, and made it back to the station with time (though not much) to spare to catch our train.

All went well till about three stops from Venice. A long one. After about 30 minutes a staff member came through and let fly with a rapid burst of Italian. The only word we understood was "problem". It turned out that there was a problem with the track and we had to go a different way, with an expected delay of 90 minutes.

We eventually arrived in Rome about 2 hours late, saw there was a train leaving for Civitavechia in 10 minutes and raced for it. We were on platform 1, it was on platform 28!

;-) Ann-a-Gram