Arriving in Venice

It's been a long day. The flights went well, no issues with changing planes in Paris except for the very long walk. We got to the gate with at least 30 minutes to spare before they started boarding. I slept on the flight to France a bit and for most of the flight to Venice, but Mary could not sleep very much. so she's taking a nap now.

One lesson learned: when arriving in Venice, pay for the private boat! It took us about 90 minutes on the shared shuttle and then we had quite a ways to go to out hotel. Thankfully there was a porter at the dock who put our bags on his cart and took them up and over 3 bridges as we wound thru the streets of Venice.

Shortly after we arrived at the hotel, it started raining. Just a light rain now - sure hope it stops before our gondola ride tonight!

PS - we went out for our gondola ride, but they were shutting down due to the rain so we get to use our voucher in the morning when it is supposed to be sunny! Instead we had some gelatto for dessert.