Venice Stinks (But Is Still Great)
14th June – Venice
Venice does indeed stink, the minute we opened our balcony door our nasal senses were attacked by the worst smell ever! My tummy still bad, but there is no way I am going to miss my gondola ride. We must have got to Venice late because it took such a long time getting off – we were at least an hour behind schedule. Met our tour guide on the motor boat and I trapped my ankle underneath the gangplank of the motor boat. OUCH! Anyway, firstly she took us to a church called St George – it was massive, and beautiful – it had the original painting of the last supper – not the one we know, but a lot more chaotic. See who says holidays are not educational!
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Korcula
13th June – Korcula
We were supposed to be going to a place called Split today, but with one thing and another we would not have got there in time so we went to Korcula instead. Had to go on a tender, which is always fun. What a beautiful place Korcula is, it is really gorgeous. We walked around for a bit, found “Marco Polo’s” hose and the associated shops bearing his name. Went to a cute little shady café and I got a great big glass of red wine. Nice, but stained my lips! Found a lovely little stony beach where Paul taught Laura to skim stones, we took stones to paint as authentic souvenirs. Got the most gorgeous ice cream, tasted like Nutella YUM. Met our next door neighbour and she walked with us back to the tender. Plantation for tea and got to sit right at the front in the posh area that is used on the publicity shots. Ate too much and then felt very sick. Was sick all night. Combination of too much food/weird wine/tiredness/heat – who knows, but I haven’t been that sick in a long time and hopefully won’t be again for a while! – up all night being sick.
Med Cruise Day At Sea
12th June – At Sea
I got up super early today because I knew the boat would be full of newbies getting their “den”, I had our spot up on deck 12 by the pool for 8am. It was lovely and quiet for about half and hour, and then suddenly it was full with women walking backwards and forward looking for the best place to sit, all with hapless husbands trailing around after them laden down with towels, books and sunbathing paraphernalia. I got a freshly squeezed orange juice and sat watching the to-ings and fro-ings of people getting settled, Paul came about an hour later, and Laura about an hour after him. Laura did not stay with us though, she went off to the kids club. Me and Paul had a splash about in the adults pool. What was really funny was there was loads of people sitting “round” the pool, but no-one actually “in” it, until I got in, then it was like the old empty dancefloor thing, once one person sets on, it soon filled up with pensioners – it was like a scene from that film “cocoon” haha!!
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