Day 5
Thursday, February 9th, 2017
Yeah, very sad to be leaving. The flight was at 10:35 so we figured catching the 7:32 boat to the airport was the best. The alarm went off at 6:00 and we struggled to get out of bed, have a shower, change and pack our bags. Have given up complaining about getting up early as what other choice is there? Checking out of the hotel 30 minutes later we settled our room charges (€68 for drinks last night and the tourist room tax).
The boat - “Linea Blu” - to the airport is one you have to buy special tickets for. Yesterday we had purchased these from the vaporetti station near the train station so we were prepared. The nearest stop for us is “Guglie”, only a short distance from the grocery store we found by accident on the first day on the opposite side of the Grand Canal from the hotel. The cobbled streets were dark and quiet as we dragged our luggage along. Over a few bridges and we walked the final stretch to the boat stop passing by fishmongers setting up their stall for the morning as they unloaded their fish from a barge.