Getting Lost - Inevitable

The rest of the first day in Venice just involved having a look around the place. The first great thing is that there are no cars in Venice - all just pedestrain ways and boats. Thus there are just little streets going in each and every direction and no point even trying to follow street names.

In the end there seemed to be a line of overpriced stores that provided a rough direction in places. Venice it self just seems ridicilous expensive. I suppose when you have to move everything by boat and lay claim to one of the most beautiful cities in the world, you can afford to.

Just seeing the colours of the places was quite interesting from an artistic point of view (more about this tomorrowish). The day was overcast.... or at least that is what I'm hoping it is. Right on the mainland across the way from Venice is an industrial area. So there has been a thick haze the whole time I've been in Venice. I was thinking it was low cloud or something but have a feeling that it is smog, and really bad.

The main square in Venice is St Marks (San Marco) which is quite an amazing space and the buildings there are quite spectacular. The down side is that they are absolutely filthy and if something needs to be put behind scaffolding for cleaning, this square needs to take priority (although I think the current priority is to stop it from sinking - suppose that makes sense).

So it took me about an hour to get to the main square, after getting lost. It took the better part of 3 hours to find my way back but it didn't matter - meant I spent time exploring all the little hidden pockets of the place and the city is quite lively at night.