We arrived in Venice several hours earlier than we had been told. The audience suddenly disappeared from the Bar as people realized that the lights of Venice were right outside. We made a rapid dash back to our balcony as it was on the right side for a view of St Mark's Square. We passed another cruise ship with a spontaneous competition for which ship could cheer the loudest. All that meant we missed saying goodbye to some of the friends we had made on the ship.
Next morning we were one of the last groups to disembark.
We were able to watch boats galore - water taxis and shuttles collecting passengers from the Crown Princess and dropping them off at their various destinations. When our turn came, our luggage went one way, to be dropped off at our hotel, and we boarded a water shuttle to St Mark's Square. We were some of the last to board, and had to squeeze in on the end of rows of three beside couples. The guy beside Ann said it's gonna be cozy, these seats weren't built for Americans ....!!
We wandered around the back streets of Venice, and found some lovely shops and cafes. Eventually we consulted a map and found our way to the hotel, to find that number 3 of 3 of our bags had arrived, but not the other two. After an anxious couple of hours the other two turned up, presumably having had their own tour of Venice!
;-) Ann-a-Gram
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