Menace in Venice

A quick update from the watery city...

Given the colds that AB and I have been suffering, we figured a sleep-in on Easter Sunday was a much better idea than jostling with crowds in St Mark's Square, or anywhere else for that matter.

And it turned out that we were right. When we emerged from our well-earned rest, we realised that Europe had been tricky with daylight saving (as with everywhere else I expect), and it was an hour later than we thought it was. The crowds were soldiering on despite the space/time continuum vortex thing that is daylight savings, and we were caught in some serious traffic jams trying to make it to the major shopping and sight-seeing districts.

We spent our Easter Sunday 'morning' in queues, lining up for the bell tower and for St Mark's Basilica, and our collective patience was duly rewarded. The views from both sites were stunning and afforded us some pretty good photos to be posted shortly.

Next stop on our Italian adventure is beautiful Florence, and I'm really looking forward to getting back there. This time, given my stairs 'regime' (responsible, I think, for my fabulous weight loss in recent weeks), I am vowing to climb right to the top of the Duomo and fully appreciate being at the highest point in the city.

Best to sign off - with much love to all from Venezia xox