Well its time to leave this lovely place so we pack up and start our trip to Venice. Our trusty Tom-tom tells us to use a mionor road so of course we follow its instructions and follow a lovely mountain road, climbing higher and higher until after an hour or so we are up in the snow.
The car thermometer tells us that the temperature has dropped to 4 degrees. We stop and have a drink and a bite to eat, but Will thinks its time to throw snowballs. Dad cops it and I grab the film camera. Then Will makes a mini snowman and we make lots of photos. Soon we are on our way again, higher and higher lots of tunnels and lots of hairpin bends. Beautiful views and very cold.
We put the heater on as we oooooh and ahhhh about the scenery. However as we come around a sharp bend, a boom gate bars our way and we come to an abrupt stop. What now? Dad gets out and goes in to the house/hotel/restaurant which we see near by. Sure enough we have to go back because the mountain pass is too dangerous with falling snow and rocks.
Oh dear. All the way back. What a waste of time!!! But NO. Not a waste of time. We would not have missed it for anything!!
Anyway our tom tom finds us another way and two hours later we are on the Gotthard pass into Italy. The roads in Italy are very busy with lots of trucks and trucks and more trucks.
We get to Venice late in the afternoon and find our bed and breakfast place, Villa Teresa. Its a nice hotel **cough** and we settle down and then make our way into Mestre to find a place to eat. We walk and walk and walk to a nice Italian square and see a restaurant. We sit outside, and William eats pasta, dad and I eat pizza. And we have a beer of course!!
Then we walk all the way home again. Wow! our legs are ready to drop off. We tumble into bed and sleep.
Tuesday 17 May
At last the day arrives when Dad gets to realise his long held dream of showing off Venice! After breakfast, we walk to the station and buy a ticket to travel all day. We then catch the bus into Venice, and wander off to the water bus. No traffic is allowed on the island, except near the entrance where the buses stop and trains stop and cars park in a big massive car parking tower. The water bus takes us down the grand canal to Marco Polo Square. There we get off and wander through from place to place, buy some cards and send them off at the post office, then we go on through alleys and over bridges. We buy some souvenirs, some presents, some food, pay to use the toilet!!! everywhere. It seems our droppings are worth money - hah ha ha.
William finds some beautiful souvenirs which he buys. We make lots of photos and when our legs have had enough we plonk down and buy some lunch. Will buys some terrific Tshirts, and we talk to a young man who lives on Venice. He tells us about life on the island. We then catch a water bus and we head for Lido, another island where they have a beach. The sign points us to the Free beach -what? are the other beaches not free??? Anyway we end up on the beach - yuk the sand is black - well close to black. People are lying on their towels, or have hired chairs, sunbaking. Some people are more naked than others!! No further comment!! 
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