Our tour group spent Day 7 in the breath taking city of Venice...
We stayed in a hotel on the mainland which meant we need to take a walk to the train station and take the train into Venice. This city is very old and all transportation is via small boats.
P.S. If you plan to visit Venice stay at a hotel on the mainland. Hotels in Venice can cost upwards of $300 or more per night! Also, there are no cars on the streets of Venice. All transportation is done by water taxi. This makes finding your hotel and taking your luggage through the streets a bit of a challenge.
Once we arrived the boat dock is right outside the train station and our water taxi awaited us...
Event the police in Venice use boats!
Partial view of St. Mark's Square
Venice is a very walkable city. It's a city to get lost in. Take a map, a bottle of water (or your favorite cup of gelatto) and walk. Immerse yourself in the architecture, sites, smells and the people...
Water taxi arriving at the Metropole hotel...
Our tour group spent Day 7 in the breath taking city of Venice...
We stayed in a hotel on the mainland which meant we need to take a walk to the train station and take the train into Venice. This city is very old and all transportation is via small boats.
Once we arrived the boat dock is right outside the train station and our water taxi awaited us...
Event the police in Venice use boats!
Partial view of St. Mark's Square
One of the excursions in Innsbruck, Austria was a chance to experience bobsledding on a track used during the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympic Games. This track is used year round and accommodates a sled that holds up to 5 people (four riders and one driver)....
Saying good-bye to Austria...
Austria is the birthplace of Swarovski, Mozart and The Govenator (Arnold Schwarzenegger)!
Free Schnaps tasting. We were alllll over that!
Birthplace of Swarovski crystal
