Piazza San Marco? Nothing interesting is here...
We woke up at 8:00 because Giulia had to go to college. During the morning coffee we decided to go on a day trip to Venice. Luckily, Justyna agreed to go with me to the station on foot. Great! On the way we passed Prato (of course) and the local market. Lured by the sight and smell of fruits we bought huge strawberries, tomatoes, grapes and ... kumquats. Kumquats are small citrus-like fruit with orange rind. The saleswoman gave us a short course of eating: take fruit in your hand ,wipe it and eat. Skin of kumquats is thin and easy to chew. We took two handfuls, paid and moved on. On the way we passed the Basilica of St . Anthony (Basilica di Sant'Antonio) and Botanical Garden (Orto Botanico). The Basilica is beautiful. In the middle you can find relics of St. Anthony, including its language (that will remain in the memory for long). Basilica was built in the place of burial of the body Anthony of Padua. The only part of his body which does not degrade it the pink tongue.
If someone wants to have a picture of a saint I suggest a walk to the garden at the Basilica (please follow the arrows). There you can find a statue of Anton - a link between heaven and earth.
Orto Botanico is located around 100 meters from Il Santo, however you need to look carefully to find the entrance. Tickets are not expensive. Moreover, school children pay half price and students enter for free. Nice Mr. Ticketer let us inside on our Polish students cards. Maybe Polonia fan? It was end of March and much of the plants lied still in the ground. But what we saw is worth every minute spent in the garden. We really felt spring. Cruising through the alleys you can get to cactus paradise - succulents have there ideal conditions for growth (and Justyna had perfect conditions for photography). On the way back we discovered the green door to the land of great moisture - room for tropical plants :)
As it was almost noon we decided to move towards stazione. We avoided queues by buying tickets (2.95 €) in the machine and this time we knew to validate them. It was really hot in train but fortunately trip was not long. First thing we did in Venice was to eat rest of fruits as we didn't want them to turn into wine ;) This small picnik lasted almost two hours. Yes, we took some time to tan a little bit and then we moved in search of pizza. Memo for the future:never buy pizza in Italy from Vietnamese. Pizza tastes a bit different and is very oily.
Venice has its charm - numerous bridges, a lot of alleys and bizarre passages. And the boats. A lot of boats. Once, I would like to life for a long time in this town and see how is the life of an ordinary inhabitant of the city on the water. Justyna forced me to eat eat ice cream. Blackberry taste was not a good choice. Or maybe it was this pizza ... Well, we moved on. Still, we had to visit Piazza San Marco. Fortunately, it's not hard to find a right way in Venice. Finally, we reached the place. For a moment I was speachless. Justyna commended the view in different way: "Uh , nothing interesting". Nevertheless, we took some photos and went back to Padova.
*** The whole pizza with olives cost us around 7 € , a large scoop of ice cream 1 or 1.5 € .
If someone wants to have a picture of a saint I suggest a walk to the garden at the Basilica (please follow the arrows). There you can find a statue of Anton - a link between heaven and earth.
Orto Botanico is located around 100 meters from Il Santo, however you need to look carefully to find the entrance. Tickets are not expensive. Moreover, school children pay half price and students enter for free. Nice Mr. Ticketer let us inside on our Polish students cards. Maybe Polonia fan? It was end of March and much of the plants lied still in the ground. But what we saw is worth every minute spent in the garden. We really felt spring. Cruising through the alleys you can get to cactus paradise - succulents have there ideal conditions for growth (and Justyna had perfect conditions for photography). On the way back we discovered the green door to the land of great moisture - room for tropical plants :)
As it was almost noon we decided to move towards stazione. We avoided queues by buying tickets (2.95 €) in the machine and this time we knew to validate them. It was really hot in train but fortunately trip was not long. First thing we did in Venice was to eat rest of fruits as we didn't want them to turn into wine ;) This small picnik lasted almost two hours. Yes, we took some time to tan a little bit and then we moved in search of pizza. Memo for the future:never buy pizza in Italy from Vietnamese. Pizza tastes a bit different and is very oily.
Venice has its charm - numerous bridges, a lot of alleys and bizarre passages. And the boats. A lot of boats. Once, I would like to life for a long time in this town and see how is the life of an ordinary inhabitant of the city on the water. Justyna forced me to eat eat ice cream. Blackberry taste was not a good choice. Or maybe it was this pizza ... Well, we moved on. Still, we had to visit Piazza San Marco. Fortunately, it's not hard to find a right way in Venice. Finally, we reached the place. For a moment I was speachless. Justyna commended the view in different way: "Uh , nothing interesting". Nevertheless, we took some photos and went back to Padova.
*** The whole pizza with olives cost us around 7 € , a large scoop of ice cream 1 or 1.5 € .
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