The first thing you notice here is the lack of engines running. Very quiet and slow.
Thursday: Each night between 6 & 7 locals and visitors flock to the many little bars with 'snacks': cheeses, salami, anchovies, bread, artichoke etc.
No one here drinks or eats fast, and you can sit on your 'spritz' or glass of wine for an hour and watch the world float by.
10€ for 5 snacks and 2 glasses of wine. At 7 peak hour is over and you realize that you had better get to a restaurant before they are full.
In the very residential Dosodoro where we are staying we found the best gelato we have ever had: Grom.
The pistachio is grainy, savory and sweet. The salty caramel is out of this world and strawberry has pips through it. We made 4 visits in 2 days. That is how good it is.
Good Friday: visited the tourist side of Venice. So so so busy. The main square is so grand for such a small town; police have their work cut out confiscating knockoff handbags and sunglasses and moving on people who sit on the ground (it is forbidden).
Took a gondola ride through the residential (quiet) part of Venice. The gondolier took us through the rivers of his childhood and also on to the Grand Canal.
An arm and a leg but worth twice the price. Once he saw we were comfortable he offered us a 'discount' on the hour long journey which was impossible to resist.
It changes how you look at the village. So calm, as authentic as a tourist experience gets. The sun was coming down as we turned on to the home stretch. Magical, surreal and something we will never forget.
Quote of the day... In response to 'tap water thanks' the waiter said 'we only have bottled'. So, you do not have a tap?
Wine bar & shop/ Venice back (waters)
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