This weekend we will be in Venice. There was a cheap flight promotion last September (September!) and I figured that Venice during the winter months would be grim, so I booked as far out as I could. It was £70 return each, all in.
I visited Venice as a child, on a day trip from a beach resort we were holidaying in. It rained and I was of an age where Venice would have been boring whatever the weather. I do remember being told that the city was sinking by 3cm a year and was figuring that it wouldn't be a bad thing if it sank faster.
This time around I am slightly more cultured and, travelling independently, I can avoid the worst of the tourist trail and try to find the real Venice. If such a thing still exists.
Back Monday.