Verona / Venice, July 7th

7th July 99,Wednesday 0915hrs.Train from Verona to Venice. Hot (but breezy)

We’re on our way back to Venice for what should be our cheapest Italian day so far. We’ve sussed out the ferrybuses, and our Rover ticket of yesterday gave us the water borne tour of the city, so today we’re going to walk, and possibly attempt to get into San Marco basilica the cheap way.
We’ve heard that at the end of the Basilica di San Marco tour, there is a gift shop. This gift shop is open to both the public and the basilica, and there is only a guard to stop people wandering casually in for free intermittently. The queues are monstrous – long enough to munch a half-day in Venice without thinking about it, so while I feel a little guilty thinking about doing this, not that guilty.