10:00am: Board train in home base of Padova.
10:45am: Arrive Venice. Board slow boat #1 and cruise the grand canal. Dodge tourists. You'd think the Americans are the worst, but no, the Italians.
12:00pm: Walk St Marks square. Sip an expresso, look out for the pigeons (a tourist attraction in and of itself, apparently).
1:00pm: St Marks Basilica. Wow, amazing murals made of tiny ceramic tiles. Pay a few extra euros for the church museum to get to the top of the Basilica. Museum items dating back to the second century. Even bigger wow!
3:00pm: Walk the streets and over canals. A little shopping. Lots of pictures.
7:00pm: Settle into a quiet spot for some dinner away from the Rialto Bridge tourist traps. Yummy creamy seafood lasagna, seafood polenta. Sip Bellinis (apparently the official drink of Venice). Mmmmm.
8:30pm: It's dark. Board our gondola. Luckily, shadowed by another gondola complete with accordian and singer for ambience. Cuddled up for the romantic Venice experience. Awww.
9:45pm: Gelato. Some more walking.
10:30pm: Train back to home base in Padova. Operation Venice a success. Glad we did it, probably won't be back soon. We're countryfolk.
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