2024 Night 1 – Prime C

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2024 Night 1 – Prime C

Pre-Dinner Drinks

First up an extra spicy Bloody Maria, tequila instead of vodka, from the pool bar. The first significant improvement this cruise is that I did not have any issues with my drinks packages, it was nice to be able to sit back and relax after the “fun” associated with our transfer from Venice.

After the sail away from Chioggia, it was to time continue our checking of the bar tending skills of the crew… This time in the Living Room, a dry Gin Martini followed by Espresso Martinis.

So far so good! -:) I think I will survive the trip.

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2024 Day 1 – Chioggia

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2024 Day 1 – Chioggia

The First Sail Away

After the saga of getting to Chioggia the sail away from the port was fairly picturesque. It was a beautiful day, a bit warm, though the breeze over the bow sorted that.

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We firstly sailed through the Venice lagoon then the MOSE gates

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2024 Boarding Azamara Pursuit

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2024 Boarding Azamara Pursuit

Who knew that the biggest saga to board the Azamara Pursuit would be getting to the ship from Venice.. We needed to get to Chioggia to board the ship, a distance of around 45kms by road.

The original plan was for us to take a water taxi, would have cost us Eur350 if the taxi boat skipper had said yes, and taken about 1 hour. Unfortunately our taxi boat skipper did not accept the fare to Chioggia, as he would have lost an hour of fares due to the time it would take to get back to Venice. We think he was a bit shocked when we agreed to his Eur350 price tag. The reason we wanted to do the by water as it would have been a great way to start the cruise. Thankfully we didn’t as the walk from the taxi drop off point to the cruise terminal was probably around 1 to 1.5kms and it was HOT!

Venetian Porters – Glad that they are there!

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A lesson for new players is to make sure that you get dropped off at the correct side of the canal. On one side of the canal is the train station and the land taxis are on the other side. To get to the land based taxis from the train station you need to cross this bridge which has 284 steps.

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2024 Venice the last wander

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2024 Venice the last wander

A wander around Venice at 7am-ish in the morning is a very different experience. No tourists, just the locals getting ready for the day. It was definitely my favourite wander of the trip.

The Lanes of Venice

Venice is a quiet place first thing in the morning.

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2024 Trattoria da Mario alla Fava Venice

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2024 Trattoria da Mario alla Fava Venice

For dinner on our last night in Venice we were recommended Trattoria da Mario alla Fava by the Concierge of our hotel.

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I had been warned about the recommendations of the Concierge’s in Venice, but as the original place we wanted to go was a pretty upmarket place the recommendation of a restaurant that was more affordable and accessible I thought it must be good… Why else recommend the place, there is no benefit to the Concierge. Glad we took his advice!

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We had walked passed multiple times each day and never looked twice at it as during the day as the courtyard was always empty. In the late afternoon that all changed, it became a bustling place.

We were seated outside on a very pleasant evening and, unfortunately, looked after by an overly attentive group of staff.. We had to ask them to relax a few times. Whilst we are obviously “very special” we do need the opportunity finish a bite or sip before being asked about the next one…

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