day54 travel malaise?

I have a steaming cold not the best thing to have while travelling but it's not a great problem during the day at least! At night it's keeping me awake so I'm losing a bit of the joy today... 

Also I don't have any particular plans for today.. So my first few hours are spent filling in the blog for the preceding two days beyond that I have one intent and that's completing the circumnavigation of the main north and south island clusters, with the water bus that's easy! So back to my local boat stop and away we go! 

the south western quadrant of Venice is a pretty run down industrial zone so not too photographic and the weather is slowly changing today so it's a bit hazy for long distance photos, all the same it's nice to be bobbing along on the water a much smoother version than the bobbing along of trains I promise you! It pulls rather than jars you it's soporiphic tho that may be down to the disturbed sleep! 

I leave the boat at the Doges palace again with no intent of direction I'm in full on wander....

At the front of the palace is a statue I'd failed to photo yesterday a knight on horse back above the venician Griffin 

through the twisting alleyways I reach another bus stop I use the next transport to cross the grand canal, once again wandering along my path veers towards the canal and the Ponte Di realto following the same layout of the Ponte Vechio in Florence , a path down the middle with now glitzy little shops either side

i don't cross here I follow the paths nearest the water edge which lead me with some intent towards the grand market likely a design of the paths here... There must be some intention to the layout?

the market follows a similar layout to market harborers town hall with shelter below for the stalls this one extended out away from the canal doubling its size.

Onwards again and in the direction of San polo area once more an area of shops and basilica.... I'm really done with Basilica..... Not even bothering to pay 5 euros to enter one! Still nice exterior which is pretty rare in damp brickwork of Venice

a shop stop to get in supplies for tomorrow and I'm back at the hostel with no intent to leave tonight.