Italia ci siamo!! (Part1)

Wohoo.. We've been waiting for this holiday for ages!! Finally the day has arrived!!

Please take note that this holiday event happened last month.

Thursday 09/07/09

We left our house as early as 3.00am. Our usual cab driver, Osman had already waited for us to take us to Stantead. Our flight was at 6.30am so we checked in and and waited to board the flight.

Arrived at Treviso Airport around 9.30am. We took shuttle bus from Treviso to Piazzale Roma Bus Station. During the journey we pass through Treviso Town and the Mainland. Dapatla tengok scenery. Around 11.30am we arrived our destination..

Buongiorno Venezia!!

Huhu.. Excitednya. Okay, now starts our interesting journey. Which way to go?? We followed the crowd and saw the sign that says Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. Okay that is in our itinerary. So we followed the sign until we reached the canal and a bridge. Uh oh, bags, kids, stroller, bridge?? Owh we have to drag all our hand luggage as we do not know where to keep them. We can only check in our apartment at 3pm and it's still 3hrs away. So, kenala angkut everywhere.

We made our way towards dei Frari. Mind you there's so many small alleys/paths that are not in the map. Google map pun tak boleh harap sangat. And the road sign has worn off which made it more difficult to read. We stopped a few times to look at the map, last we all hentam saje jalan. Tak jumpa pun dei Frari. We decided to go to Santa Margharita instead, so that we can rest there after penat turun naik bridge.

Jual fruits and veggies pun dalam boat.. cool kan?

Venice is really a beautiful city. U cannot find similar place like Venice elsewhere as it is totally different. Lots of interesting shops along the small paths. The sight of the canals, bridges, gondolas.. Aaahhh, so beautiful and romantic!!

We managed to find a place to rest at Campo S.Margharita. Penatnye ya amat + with the hot weather lagi la cepat penat. This place is like a small village, with lots of local shops and restaurants. It is a University area. We saw some students doing some bullying to their juniors (i.e forced to sing, drink, throw water, etc). Its so cool to see these locals activities. We stayed there for about an hour, then we continued with our walk.

Since the place is near our check-in area, we tried our luck to check-in a bit early. Yesss, nasib baik diorg kasi.. Lega.. But still its a long way to go since our apartment is on the other side of Venice. We have an option whether to take water bus or to walk.. Of course we took the water bus. No way nak jalan kaki for 45mins with the bags..

We walked back to the bus station, find the water bus, buy tickets, off we go. Wooo... so beautiful. We were on the Grand Canal. Riding on the water bus along the Grand Canal. Oooo, feels so good. Water bus, gondolas were everywhere. People crossing the canals to get to the other side. Journey about 45mins, tapi rasa macam kejap jer..

Dalam water bus

One of the water bus stop

We reached at S.Marco-S.Zaccaria stop. We went straight to our apartment, dah nak patah belakang dah carry bebudak nie + stroller + bags. Lepak for awhile in the apartment, then we went out again. This time only me, hubby, qistinna & arianna. My parents nak rilex kat apartment, tak larat nak keluar. We hung out near S.Zaccaria, tak larat nak jalan jauh2. It was already 6.30pm and most of the stalls they were already packing to close. We tried the most famous food in Italy, which is gelato a.k.a ice-cream. Oohhh, its so yummy and sooo, dairy.. Delicious!! One of the tips that we got was, once you are in Italy, act like an Italian.. that is eat lots and lots of gelato. ;)





We snaped a few photos, then went back to apartment. Had some dinner and off to bed.