After breakfast we packed up and went to San Marcos Platz and finished proofreading his reports. Got the number 5 boat back to the garage. Started out at 1 pm. Flat, good riding into Bassano. Arrived in town at 5:30 but the sun had already gone down. Had cookies and pear juice on a little park with a commanding view of the mountains. I will enter them tomorrow. The sky darkened and the stars became indistinguishable from the lights of the houses on the mountain. Retired in a pasture by the side of the road.
Mileage: Venice to Bassano 87 km
Breakfast 460 L
Boat 100
Luggage 600
Fruit 150
Dinner 150
$2.20
Awoke early. Gerrardo and a boy from Dublin and I set out with three Indians from Kenya. We found the Guggenheim collection not open so we went to San Marcos Platz. The beautiful and ancient buildings of Venice were surrounded by millions of visitors and pigeons. We took a look inside the church on the square during services, then took the lift up to a tower overlooking the city. Went through the Duke's Palace and had lunch on the Riva Degli Shiavoni. Went to the Danieli Royal Excelsior hotel to read and then walked to the station. Had coffee on the Grand Canal and picked up the luggage at the hostel and took it to the hotel. We unpacked and had dinner of pizza. Went to Santa Marco Piazza to listen to the night-time playing of the Italian bands. Retired late in a small hotel.
Lunch 500 Lira .80
Duke's Palace 150 .24
Boats 130 .21
Lift 200 .32
Magazines 600 1.00
1580 Lira at 625/Dollar
$2.50
Bought some bread and jam at Koper. Set out riding along the shores of the Meditteranean. Passed high over the waster as the road clung to cliffs and climbed upward. Long and continuous cycling to Venice. Watched the sun turn into a firery red mass of heat and melt into the horizon.
An hour later I was on the bridge leading to the city of bridges. The colorful city was reflected in the waters turning the landscape and seascape into a myriad of colors. Met a boy from Dublin at the boat dock, after having checked my luggage and bike at a garage. Got to the youth hostel and then went across the channel to a pizzaria for my first real Italian pizza.
Mileage: Koper to Venice 177 km
American Express 2.00
Bread and jam .15
Boats .20
Supper 1.35
Hostel .75
Stamps 1.65
Met Gerardo Ponemuns
Avenida Jose Antonio
Primo De Rivera 761
Barcelona
After breakfast we packed up and went to San Marcos Platz and finished proofreading his reports. Got the number 5 boat back to the garage. Started out at 1 pm. Flat, good riding into Bassano. Arrived in town at 5:30 but the sun had already gone down. Had cookies and pear juice on a little park with a commanding view of the mountains. I will enter them tomorrow. The sky darkened and the stars became indistinguishable from the lights of the houses on the mountain. Retired in a pasture by the side of the road.
