We journeyed through the better part of a day and arrived in Venice just as the sun was beginning to set. We hopped on a water taxi towards San Marco and proceeded to get hopelessly lost trying to find our hotel. I think it took an hour for us to find a hotel just a few streets away from the square.
The following day began with church bells ringing and breakfast in bed. We started our sightseeing at Doge's Palace and then headed to the Accademia Bridge area for lunch at a much recommended tapas and wine bar. Luckily, we ran into a fellow American traveller who helped us place our (non-meaty) order and chatted us up a bit. We decided to see some modern art for a change and set our sights for the Peggy Guggenhiem Museum followed by a second lunch along the Grand Canal. Yes, this was about the time in our trip that we began eating four meals a day. On the wandering way back to the hotel, we sample sweets, lattes and found ourselves in a local wine shop offering 3 Euro 1.5 liters of local wine filled in recycled water bottles. We took our water bottle wine back to the room to enjoy before heading out for dinner. Our Naples hotelier recommended a seafood restaurant run by the owner of the Venice fish market so we proceeded to get horribly lost both going to and coming from dinner, but the meal itself was one of the best we enjoyed in Italy.
