Venice for singles

Due to the adventurous tasting habits of one of us, the trip to Venice was a step to far away from the toilet so it became a solo journey. We were both up at silly o’clock (5.45am) in order to keep up with a strict timetable for the day. So after the parting of the ways I boarded the coach for a 2 hour journey with a quick ‘comfort break’ before catching the boat to Venice. Having opted for the undiscovered guided tour of Venice, I plugged in my earphone and off we went with either Carlo or Marco, who were brothers doing the two arranged tours. We went through several backstreets, small snickers, where even I had to nearly bob down. If I could remember what was said I could probably shared some interesting facts with you. Aren’t you lucky ‘cos I can’t remember any of them but I did take a picture of this plaque of St. George. We arrived at the tour end which was the Rialto Bridge and then had to independently make our way to St. Marco’s Square.  Good job I got my orienteering badge at guides. We were given a discount card for a restaurant on the square which made the inflated prices affordable but €28 for two coffees and two toastier, even divided by two, felt expensive. Toilets are in short supply in Venice so not topping up meant I avoided that need. The final adventure of the day was the gondola ride. An experience not to be missed if only because you got to watch the gondola loading technique which involves the gondolier working out your dress size and sitting you in his chosen spot on the gondola. The gondola is built asymmetrically which the tour guide explained but I’ve forgotten. Anyway, the whole thing wobbles badly as each person gets on and we all held our breath as a rather large couple prepared for their voyage. Please note that no persons got wet in the making of this paragraph. The actual ride round though was amazing and showed a different and much quieter side to Venice. It was a very long and sometimes lonely day but with only €1 spent on sparkling water, it was cheap.