No, we didn't fall into a canal...and no, we didn't have an Acqua Alta...it just rained for most of the day. After a bit of a slow start, we finally got out and went around the corner to visit the Palazzo Ducale...Doge's Palace. The centre of government of the Venetian Republic, the palace dates from the 14th and 15th centuries. To put a context on the size of the palace, its largest room...which also happens to b the largest room anywhere in Europe...is about the same size as our entire property in Eltham.
After lunch we went out for a stroll down towards the eastern end of Venice and found ourselves in among ordinary Venetian homes, broad thoroughfares and big public gardens...not the sort of thing you expect to find in Venice...and something missed by most tourists. While we were out it started to rain again so we retreated to our apartment.
Although the rain didn't ease up, we ventured out again late in the afternoon. This time we headed west across the famed Ponte di Rialto...Rialto Bridge...and into some of the older parts of Venice with narrow alleys, lots of canals, lots of little bridges...and less tourists.
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