Venice May 12, 2007

We took an overnight train to Venice and arrived there Saturday morning (May 12th). It is an experience sleeping on a berth overnight. A man from Italy was also in our compartment. What a sight--seeing a city with canals for streets. It was very crowded. We took a boat ride down the grand canal. It ended at Saint Marc's Cathedral. As you can see from the pictures, there were pigeons galore. We also rode in a gondola. As I was getting out I fell again on my bad knee and this time it really hurt. It was hard walking, especially up and down stairs the rest of the day. We saw mimes–how they stood still for so long is unbelievable. At the end of our day we ate pizza at a restaurant near our hotel and enjoyed a young boy playing his accordion for money.