It is a long trip from Johannesburg to Amsterdam, 10 hours on the plane. But mom and I got quite a few hours sleep, dad dozed in and out. The opposite of the trip down to Joburg.

We had a five hour layover and then a one hour flight to Venice.

Justin - -18 is the recommended temp. Saw this and thought of you.

This was the first thing I saw when we arrived in Venice.

We arrived by bus and then played a game of amazing race Venice, to find the location of the map and key to our Airbnb.

even though the directions were clear we wandered a square for 15 minutes looking at every doorway trying to find the correct address. We had just walked by a small unassuming alley, we’re supposed to go down.

Once we had the map and the key, we were able to find our Airbnb quite easily, it was a nice clean newly renovated suite on the edge of the lagoon. Photos will follow the next Blog post.