Ocean of bridges

It was early sunday morning.... i mean 10 AM when we woke up.. hmmm wht are we doing here jus sleepin.. is it wht we had come for after a heavy travel..get up u idiot i pulled myself up and got everyone to their legs....start dudes the journey begins now..The previous day we had got the details and wht and how to go.. so now direct travel to places.....

We were near the beginin of the lagoon waitin to c it at the day time... we were very excited thinkin wht charmin....architecture we were goin to c.So we took the royal walk...goin through the narrow rugged streets...man u ll get lost in the small streets...unless the signboard..which took us towards the rialto bridge...we were admirin the streets and we were hungry.... now round 1 for grabbin pizza...we managed to get a mozerella tomato one and we were walkin all the way takin pics where ever possible....

Every corner had a shop...full of sovenirs which was irresistable.....swearin tht i am gonna fill my bag with em....Keepin my anxiety myself...we reached the magnificient rialto bridge which was hugely populated....with people smoochin around...yes this a place of love........Beneath the bridge there was the market...man now i cant resist more... i thought this was once a opportunity ad strted to buy many small replicas....etc etc....if i had the money i wud ve bought every thing ...but due to the constraints.. i thought of buyin only the goood ones...man tht is a tough choice..Souvenir shoppin kickstarted.....

Subrat and his wife were really tired, where as my heart strtd pumpin..cravin to enjoy every bit of the second...those serene gondolas(boats)...the canals..the renaissance architecture..the brook...with buildings on both sides....curvin and gushin..with water taxis taxin ..through the water streets.... wht a good treat for the eyes...it was like a town ...where the road was replaced by water..the bell ringin from some basilica .... soundin the life of people....people tryin to enjoy the romantic locations...

I was goin through the map not wantin to miss any location and i steered these people across the streets......More water..more canals..more boats......whew.....i wished this to be a heaven...guidin ourselves...thru the market streets....we finally reached the end destination...it was like a maze.... with lots of hapenings and there we were at the st marco square in the afternoon...tired wantin to have some food...i was again enthralled by the number of pegions around..... kids playin wid em givin corns... i felt like a kid and runnin behind em...

Fakin the pigeons by callin em..though some came...ans sat around my hand....but disappointed not to get their food.... vola i did not want to waste their anxiety... i did buy some corns..and they were all around me...munchin....masaccring my hands.....scratchin.....abt 20 of em were around me.... i did feed em for sometime and was really on cloud 9..once we were done with tht...i thought ok..we ve seen enough places and decide to go back towards the startin place..this time we wanted to c the city by waters by the boat...we did travel ..and i pitied myself thinkin...this had to be the wonder of the world....it was the beauty of the entire city tht charmed me...

I did want to walk more..but time started to roll slowly and we had to take the bus towards our return location.....hours passed and we were on the flight...havin sweet memories of the visit....vola l........................meet u later...

Journey towards the city of bridges

It was friday, when it started...after a week of preparation,docs,reading the location, places to visit, modes of transport....everthing....etc etc ate my working time..though the work was a bit less :) (Thats a different point alltogether). Now lets begin the journey... around 4 PM we left our office towards our home and got ready as soon as possible making final rounds of check of the necessary items ... money,clothes,directions,flights,maps,description etc etc....

Around 6 we left our house ..me subrat and his wife towards our dream journey... Reached initially the Central station, from where we had to catch a bus for the airport...gosh it was 100 ks from the central... The bus left around 7:20 PM and was mowing along the way.. The road that the bus took was deserted and we had a hunch whether we were goin towards the right location...against our odds we reachd the airport around 9 PM.... man first leg done.....so things are happenin...i started to believe that we can do it.....

The worst night started ...the flight actually was next morn 6 AM... and man we are at 9 PM the previous day.... findin not much food....juz one stupid bun with green pathe and some cheese between...i tried to manage myself on the pretext of eatin...half way thru i was done..wht a tragic end to my dinner.....roamin around the airport....very small one...though no proper lounge ....tryin to sleep by all possible ways..nonetheless no sleep...Subrat and his wife pissedd... me too ... we were tryin to force to sleep..the chairs turnd into beds...the tables into pillows..man i was prayin i need some sleep..but things turned out tht u muz wake a bit if u ve to enjoy a bit pleasure..Time started to move at a snail's place....4 AM ....bell rung ... got the boardin tickets ..already half dead...now went to lounge...and waited till 6 AM... still no track of flight...alas around 6 AM flight call....maannn finally sun dawned and we were movin towards the giant bird.... We were in and i started to get some sleep in the flight.... hmm tryin always somethin or other...but i finally managed a 1 hr sleep..when i woke up r eyes we were in frankfurt hahn..... airport... This was a bit better than the stockholm airport..

Now the second leg completed..half dead.....tryin to recover from it...but it was again re forced by another 5 five hrs wait for the next flight....this time since it was day.... wwe managed to stay awake...with in between yawnings...pissings...swearing .......etc.... all words started gushin like ... tere....etc.. etc....finally around 3 PM we got the flight...The flight hovering around alps..we were able to get a glimpse of the white faces peaks of the Alps... the flight ccurving and sun light hittin our eyes we were anxiously waitin for the landin... and there in no time we were in the land of pizzas......i was excited feelin that we had finally made into the city of canals................

Third leg done... we were in the bridged city.....swearin part was done now wanted to enjoy a bit....and i was rather on peak...tryin to put the tiresome wait before... we got the tickets to the city and made it towards it.....on the way i dint find any lagoon or anythin so... i was wonderin were we there at the exact location....We reached the mestre station and there we disembarked in search of our night abode...after a no sleep day....we had the details of reaching the abode and reading the details...like a voyager reading a magnetic needle..towards north pole...we finally reached the place....it was a bit shabby from outside..not so inviting ...soothing myself comforting with pleasant words saying tht the stay was only for a night ...so i thought it was ok... we made way through the door...outside it was abt 10 degree centigrade ..pretty good compared to the current winter days in europe.... We got the room and we were on the look out for it.. Man when we got into it..it had a neat bed and a good bed sheet...and we were comforted with the good inner rooms... Vola now what....

Fourth leg for the day....We nearly starvd up after the journey ...we strtd searchin for a italian pizza restaurant...which we got about half and hour of sickein searchin which was the most ridiculous thing when u were on top of hunger....we ate some closed pizza....vegetable pizza..which we chose from the list of more than 100 pizza varieties....though it was ok... i decided to try a local beer.... the guy gave me some beer..i dint know whether it was a local one or some draft beer...but it tasted same... ;) .... then had some red wine ....from subrat... was quite stron it was some carbret or something...but was good....Now i got myself recharged and wanted to c the city by night... after some expedition in finding the bus towards the city ..we were travellin for abt 15 mins no sign of water...and finally we were through a long bridge surrounded with water and finally the bus halted at the last location..i was pretty excited to c as wht lies ahead...we had a initial glimpse of the canal....hmm just another water..wht was so gr8 abt it....i started loosin my patience a bit...Then we took a vaporetti...water taxi...

The vaporetti which we took was goin fully in water...man land i saw in distance but was pretty disappointed to find as where the main land existed..it was goin round and round...no sign of r destination the ...st marco square.. i started loosing my patience.....and finally after lot of stops it made to the shores of the piazza.....................................more later....i am feelin sleepy....