Adriatic Sea 2018

         After breakfast we packed, then checked out of the hotel but left the luggage for later.       We walked over to the nearby garden and park, Giardini Papadopli. The paths were nice and shady on a warm morning  (about  23 °C) with a thin cloud layer with sunny patches.  From the garden, we had good views of the Ferrovia (train station), the Grand Canal and the final two bridges over the Grand Canal. We had crossed one yesterday and crossed the fourth modern design bridge today.  It connects the Ferrovia with the Piazzale de Roma where the buses and trams from the mainland stop. We ventured over it and followed the road to the causeway and got a good look at the two ships at the cruise terminal - the Celebrity Constellation and the Marella Discovery 2.  At Piazzale Roma we discovered that there is a “People Mover” (overhead rail tram) to the cruise terminal for a fee of ...

   We awoke to a sky with  a thin wispy cloud layer. The temperature was 24 °C and there was a light breeze.      We had checked yesterday about the times that the Naval History Museum would be open. We walked over to see it. During the walk at each quarter hour church bells were chiming. The walk took us over the Rialto Bridge (there are 54 steps up and then down from the top platform), but we had already crossed five other bridges.  The bridge was not crowded at 10 am on a Sunday morning. When crowded about 14 people can fit shoulder to shoulder across the center section and 6 or 7 people on each of the side pathways. We passed through St. Mark’s Square where there was just a five minute line to get into the cathedral, but about a ten minute line to get into the Doge’s Palace.  It was sunny as we walked along the San Marco Canal. At the waterbus station, we were watching to see if we could notice any Celebrity C...