please venice to me 3

The next morning, I was up early!

I was getting excited with the idea of finally eating rice!

Yay!

We had a hearty breakfast and we head out much livelier than usual.

We went to the same route and managed to come out from the “maze” slightly faster than the day before.

We tried to ride on in a gondola but backed out the moment we heard it’s 80 euro per pax minimum. Instead, we opted to just ride the traghetto later in the afternoon, it will still cross a bridge, not San Marco though, but at least it crosses via canals. The feeling will still be there. Or so we hope. Hehe

We spent the time going into luxury shops, window shopping (mostly) and we checked out locally made gems. We bought some souvenirs and head to try an Italian restaurant tucked almost secretly in between narrow alleys. The good thing about Europe is that, wine is relatively cheaper compared to coke. We had a grand time just taking in the moment to sit there, chat and experience the venetian vibe.

My favourite part in Venice is the open space near the bridge of sighs. It’s this port where most gondolas are anchored. Across it is a vast canal overlooking the other side of Venice.

The beige coloured roof with somewhat a grandfather’s clock in it somewhat saying hi to us was extraordinary phenomenal.

I had the chance to sit there and watch people as they walk by. I lounged at the stairs, getting the sentimental vibe that I made it somehow, I was there, it was everything but a dream.

The weather went from cool to colder as it rained in the afternoon.

The clouds became darker and we bundled up since we are heading to our “almost gondola” ride. The rain grew heavier and we were forced to stop by at a coffee shop situated at the mouth of the long alley taking us to the port.

When the rain stopped, we head out and began to search for it relentlessly.  It was hard to find and lesser people stay in that area. After almost an hour, we managed to get into that port but much to our dismay, it was CLOSED.

It stopped operation at around 5pm. (Too bad!)  We were so disappointed to the point that we just took it to ourselves to have a photoshoot with the traghettos and gondolas anchored at that port as a sign of discontent. Haha

When we head back to our Airbnb house, it was darker than usual but we managed to traverse the “maze” more efficiently than the last.

All good things come to an end and we did bid Venice a farewell that night.

We had pasta for dinner that we ourselves prepared, some good wine to cheer and lots of beautiful memories made.

Venice is surely one place that makes you think about life being beautiful. VENICE was truly nice to me.

And for that, I am grateful.