Wednesday, September 7, 2022. Day trip to Venice.

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We got an early start this morning for our day trip to Venice. First we drove to the train station in Modena.

I think this is a little switch engine.
We had a little time to kill in Modena before the train arrived so we got these delicious croissants at the McDonald’s in the train station.
This is the Modena to Bologna train.

Once we got to Bologna we transferred to another train for the trip to Venice.

This is the high speed train from Bologna to Venice.
This is the view as you walk out of the train station in Venice.
This is the Ponte di Rialto.
This is the view of the Grand Canal from the top of the Ponte di Rialto.
A traffic jam in one of the lateral canals.
After sightseeing for an hour or so we decided to take a snack break. When Marco and his father realized that I had been in Italy for four days without trying the pizza 🍕they insisted that we have a slice of pizza. I had the broccoli and sausage pizza and it was delicious.
Venice is full of churches. The interiors of these churches are magnificent.
Venice is a real town with real people living there doing everyday mundane tasks like laundry.
Marco, Alfredo and Mark in St. Mark’s square.
St. Mark’s Cathedral. The wait to get in was over two hours so we decided to skip it and have lunch.
We started lunch with these huge glasses of beer.
Then we got an assortment of tapas. Starting from the lower left hand corner, bread and cheese topped with caramelizad onions and bacon jam. Next we have squid in a marinara sauce. Then we have cod fritters. And in the upper right hand corner we have baby shrimp . Yum.
We also had sardines and polenta.
This altar was flat out awe inspiring. Everyone got a prayer in every church I visited. And I visited a lot of churches.
While we were waiting for the train back to Bologna we had an Aperol Spritz. Did you know that the Aperol Spritz was invented in Venice?

We are now on the train from Venice to Bologna where we catch a train to Modena.

That’s it for tonight. I hope you had a great day wherever you are. Good evening from Carpi, Italy.

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I've been retired from the Union Pacific Railroad since 2017. I've been planning to walk the Camino for about 6 months and can't wait to get started.

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One thought on “Wednesday, September 7, 2022. Day trip to Venice.”

  1. Mark I envy you although your mother and we’re in Venice twice.I thought the place was neat as all get out.love ya and keep traveling.

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