Trieste to Venice

We enjoyed our time in Trieste but we had covered the town pretty well. We had reservations in Venice so after a leisurely morning we hopped a train. The ride there was a bit marred by two loud, annoying Americans (it’s no wonder we get a bad rap in Europe). We arrived late morning and quickly found our hotel in the Mestre section. We eventually hopped on a local bus and got to the famed city. But what an eye opener! We had read that it had become mega-touristy but it was a bit beyond our expectations. Don’t get us wrong, it’s a neat city but it’s dirty, graffiti-covered and not the romantic city that it’s portrayed in the media. We wandered, as we do, and took in the normal Venesian sights of canals, narrow streets, and people eating pizza, pasta and gelato.