Zadar, Croatia to Postojnska Jama, Slovenia to Venice, Italy
22 September 2008
Zadar, Croatia to Postojnska Jama, Slovenia to Venice, Italy
Today we were heading to Venice via the Postojnska Jama caves in Slovenia - the longest cave system in the country. In the caves we had a short train ride through the formations before being taken on a walking tour of the caves.
After the caves we carried onto Venice and after a top deck dinner and then we all togaed up for the toga party!!!!!. This was another super night on my top deck tour and a lot of random things happened, and I have lots of stories, but funnier if I tell them in person, ask me sometime but I will say "we will always have number 21"!
23 September 2008
Venice, Italy
Venice, Italy
Today was our day to explore Venice, and surprisingly after the toga party last night, everyone was up bright and early to catch the bus into the outskirts of Venice's main square as there are no cars in the city centre and the only form of transport is walking or by boat.
The buildings of Venice are constructed on closely spaced wood piles, which were imported from the mainland. (Under water, in the absence of oxygen, wood does not decay. It is petrified as a result of the constant flow of mineral-rich water around and through it, so that it becomes a stone-like structure.) The piles penetrate a softer layer of sand and mud until they reach the much harder layer of compressed clay.
The morning was spent going on a gondola ride around some of Venice's canals and a (extremely boring) tour of the city by an Italian guide. Once that was over it was our time to shop, and boy did I shop! Venice is amazing, the city is beautiful and the shopping is great. Venice is famous for its masks and has a lot of murano glass jewellery and ornaments. After we were all shopped out, we walked over the Rialto bridge and took a water taxi back to our meeting point. The night was spent repacking our bags and getting an early night.
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