Venice

A grill:

A number:

A gondolier explains the French women that they will be fine:

But first things first.

Venice is located on an island connected by a bridge. The bridge leads to a small parking lot at Pizzale Roma. From there, you get around Venice by foot. If you travel by car, there’s no point staying in Venice itself: carrying bags from the car to the hotel is no fun.

On the land there is a town called Mestre which is officially a district of Venice.

It takes a 15-minute bus ride to get to Venice:

Cool: venetian buses have no numbers. They just have a large display with the destination:

A tram stop:

A tram arrives in Venice:

The trams use one rail and have rubber wheels on the sides.

The new tourists look for two places: Rialto bridge and San Marco square. Italian signage points in two directions at once:

Puzzled tourists ask for advice in numerous shops. Tired shopkeers put more signage:

The author of this one instists that both directions are valid, and explains for the stupid:

One arrow per direction here, but the text still tries to confuse you:

More signage:

A well:

A warning:

Spaghetti and lasagna:

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