Sunday 1st September
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| Mr Casual props up a lamp post in St Mark's Square. |
Another drive with wonderful views. We took the Brenner Pass and skirted the Dolomites. Our van is pretty slow on the hills but to be fair, like Barkis, it's willing. So we arrived in the Veneto - in a seaside village called Cavallino - late in the evening. Our timing was a tactical error because as we went about setting up the awning we were continually attacked and bitten by a veritable horde of mosquitoes! In the end Marilena had to hide in the camper to escape them.
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| John strolls along the main 'street' on the island of Burano. |
Nonetheless we persevered and next day we got to see the city and a couple of its outlying islands. We purchased a couple of all day 'travelcards' which allowed us to travel on any boat. And you may be sure we employed them to the full.
Our seaside camp site had a little shop selling the basics; for me the best of it was the wine they sold on tap. One brought along an empty litre bottle and they filled it up for you (for peanuts) with local wine. The white wine iwas great; not fancy, just light and simple. As an accompaniment to a Marilena's seafood salad, it was excellent.
The food and wine sound terrific John. My mouth is watering. Marilyn took a photograph of me in almost the same spot outside of St Marks.
ReplyDeleteSoory Tony - didn't want to rain on your parade! I'd have moved position if I'd known. :-)
ReplyDeleteOne of the great joys of touring Italy is of course the quality of the food and wine here. The ingredients are of very high quality indeed; however, you do have to pay over the odds for them sometimes.
Barb and I were in Murano, Burano, and Torcello back in 2015. We went via the vaperetto. Lovely day in the lagoon. Burano was our favourite.
ReplyDeleteI loved the colours on the island, Clive. Not too keen on the shops of tourist tat - but you can't have everything. Cheers.
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