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After a nice short flight we caught a glimpse of the city of Venezia as we came into land at Marco Polo airport. Even from a distance it is a magical sight.<\/p>\n

Waiting patiently for our waterbus. <\/p>\n

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After a  short walk from the Rialto station, yes we are living a short walk from the Rialto Bridge, we were in our new home for the next 5 days. 
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Our first Italian meal.<\/p>\n

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Followed by…. Ice cream <\/p>\n

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\nAnd a little bit of exploring.<\/p>\n

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\nNo words necessary <\/p>\n

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After a nice short flight we caught a glimpse of the city of Venezia as we came into land at Marco Polo airport. Even from a distance it is a magical sight. Waiting patiently for our waterbus.  After a  short walk from the Rialto station, yes we are living a short walk from the Rialto […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27,9,6],"tags":[24,42,23],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-italy","category-royandnikki","category-travelogues","tag-italy","tag-travel","tag-venice","post_format-post-format-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/07\/img_2915.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Ocy4-25","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":144,"url":"http:\/\/eishonline.co.za\/travel\/2017\/07\/21\/a-final-look-at-venice\/","url_meta":{"origin":129,"position":0},"title":"A final look at Venice\u00a0","author":"Roy","date":"9 years ago","format":"video","excerpt":"Today was our last full day in Venice. 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