Tonight I sleep in Venice!
I'm excited for this!
But first I have the usual train journey, only a few hours and the first stage follows the route of the last break to Bologna through the mountain tunnels! From here it's back over Italy's northern plains very flat here probably used to be marsh land here?
I don't know
But land reclamation is in process leaving new town Venice to the old town across the thin strip of land the railway and roads have been built upon
to the west of the strip are nets hung out in lines presumably fishing if so they're much like the salmon traps I've seen at Annan in Scotland
to the west of the strip are nets hung out in lines presumably fishing if so they're much like the salmon traps I've seen at Annan in Scotland
Quickly the archipelago of the old Venice islands comes into view .. Well the buildings do next to none of the land is visible here!
eagerly through the station and on such a sunny day the waterways and ancient buildings are stunning! 
I'm not wasting time today, straight to the hostel signed in and kit stored there's wandering to do!!!Southwards through piazza and twisting tiny roads and over little bridges crossing the canals I'm in my element!
soon reaching the banks of the Rio de Carmini a stretch of water between the southernmost islands and the main land
finding a supermarket I load my pack for the next day and snacks for tonight, further along as I head east there's canal with gondola boat yard...a picture opportunity if ever there was one! 
following the waterline to its extreme east point where the Basilica Santa Maria Salute stands proudly 
soon reaching the banks of the Rio de Carmini a stretch of water between the southernmost islands and the main landfinding a supermarket I load my pack for the next day and snacks for tonight, further along as I head east there's canal with gondola boat yard...a picture opportunity if ever there was one! following the waterline to its extreme east point where the Basilica Santa Maria Salute stands proudly