Day 27

The day started early with some last minute cleaning in the apartment before heading to the Metro to catch a train to Orly airport. When we arrived at the airport there was no check in counter for our flight yet and squillions of people checking in for other flights. We figured either way we would be waiting so we decided to wait in line. An hour later (worst check in ever), we finally checked into our flight. It was so depressing to have gotten to the airport on time, even slightly early, but by the time we had checked in we were just making the time limit.

We headed up through the airport security which also took a while and by the time we made it to the gate we only had about 10 minutes to spare before the official boarding time. I managed to get in one last Pain au Chocolat from Paris before we flew out to Venice.

When we arrived in Venice airport, there were buses waiting on the tarmac to take us to the terminal which was amusing as a number of people had rushed off to be the “first” off and then just had to sit on the bus and wait for others. I guess you could say that at least they had seats but it then meant that when we did arrive at the terminal, all the people standing near the door could get off first.

Venice airport

I had booked us into a camping village with self contained cabins that was 15 minutes away from Venice because Venice was very, very expensive. I had booked, or thought that I had booked, an airport transfer from Venice airport to the camping village but, alas, when we arrived it was not there. After 45 minutes of waiting and 3 phone calls to a very unhelpful operator, we got a cab which ended up being around the same price anyway! The cabbie was pretty cool, even if he did drive at insane speeds (I think he was up to 150 km/h in a 90 km/h stretch at one point...)

After all the hoo ha with transfers and stuff we arrived at the camping village mid afternoon. One of the downsides of the camping village was that there were mosquitoes. I somehow got bitten twice while we were checking in, which wasn’t so fun. 

Mosquito buffet

The cabin was nice though and had two separate bedrooms with their own ensuites. There was also a pool that looked fantastic, particularly as it was hot. Not hot hot but starting to get up into the mid to high twenties.

Awesome pool area

The camping village offered a shuttle service into Venice or you could catch the public bus in, which was about a 15 minute walk away. We dumped our luggage, insect repellented ourselves and then went for a walk around the neighbourhood to check things out and find the bus stop. The bus stop was just down the road from a gelati shop so we had some yummy gelati on our way back.

We bought a few items from the supermarket at the camping village and then had our first Italian meal at the restaurant- Italian pizzas are delicious! After dinner we chilled for the rest of the night and made vague plans for the next day.