Day 32: Venice, Italy

Stats... 89.78km in 5hrs 8mins. We had an early start as it was very hot in the tent. We were on the road by 8am and had a quick breakfast stop. We made it Padova fairly quickly as the road was straight and fast but in our heads it took forever. There was a headwind and not a cloud in the sky. We had a mare leaving the city as all roads were busy being Monday and everywhere we wanted to go, no bikes were allowed. We finally got on the right road and had an hours lunch stop and siesta in the shade. We then followed a pretty road alongside a river all the way to Fusina ferry port with the intention of getting the ferry to Lido then onto Sabbioni however when we arrived we were told that it was a person only ferry, again no bikes. This was extremely frustrating and meant a 20km extra journey over a 5km long bridge into Venice city to catch a different ferry. We finally boarded the ferry with help and advice from a nice man in a green t shirt who was interested in our trip and took a photo of us. We changed ferries at Lido and took a small locals ferry to our camping destination. There were 27 campsites along the stretch and we took the first one as we were desperate to run in to the sea! Had a good time chilling on the beach then made our way to dinner for huge pizza and watched Italy get beat by Holland! The campsite is 4 star and very Hi de Hi!