Boats & Planes, Leaving Venice

Leaving Venice today we are a little saddened as we are also leaving Italy, but we are sure to return. We left our B&B and headed to the Vaporetto stop to catch the Blue line Alilaguna.  This journey from St Marcs Square was to take
one hour and fifteen minutes. As Katie popped a travel-calm the boat started its bouncy journey across the Laguna Veneta (Venice Lagoon). It was a little crowded and had many people from the cruise ships heading to Murano to look at the lovely glass. We stopped about seven times  for drop offs and pickups and finally reached  Marco Polo Airport, the last stop on the line. From the port there is a seven minute walk to the airport terminal. It was a brisk walk as we needed the rest rooms, this time no charge to use but very hot inside, like a sauna. Most places in Italy have had the Air Conditioning turned off and the bathrooms at Marco Polo Airport are no exception.

Marco Polo Airport is quite nice, about a quarter the size of Melbourne and appears to flow quite well. We have had a bite to eat at the self serve bistro, myself a tuna salad followed by a fruit salad and Katie Penne Ragu pasta (I thought she would have had enough of pasta by now!)

Our plane leaves in around an hour and then we will be in Zurich, a new language, a new country and new food to try!