Beautiful and romantic Venice. No doubt it used to be, judging by the traces left by history and the beautiful buildings, but today Venice is an overpriced tourist destination that is filled (and I mean filled) with tourists and souvenir shops.

However since we were close to Venice, it would have been silly not to visit and form an opinion of my own. We parked the car in one of the private parkings offered by the city, close to the train station, and at the hear of the cost well it sort of ruined the start of the day. 24 euro no matter if you stay 1 hour or 12. For us it seemed rather expensive since we were planning for a 4 hour tops visit, thus the parking price didn’t seem to be justified. Even more, we had to leave the car open with the keys in ignition, and reading their rules showed that they are not to be held responsible for any theft of goods from the cars!!!!

Leaving the parking we searched for a place to buy a map which a few miles back we saw for 2.5 euro. Well in Venice, the exact same map was 5 euro.

We let our steps follow the flow of tourists which at that very early morning hour were crawling all over. As I said, Venice has its charm, but I was not that impressed. After discovering more and more new places, and admiring the multitude of venetian masks and murano glass all types of souvenirs we decided to stop and eat…what else but a …PIZZA…

Shocking again but we were served by Chinese personnel, and that pizza which was not that great was overpriced as well. I guess you just can’t do anything in Venice if you are not leaving behind a lot of money.

Anyway, enough with words…photos can tell a better story than I can. Enjoy!