Last year I was exhausted and went to sleep very early, then woke up at 6a. I was able to do photos of relatively quiet streets in nice morning light. I was thinking of going out before breakfast again, but it's 7.30 when I wake up, so I may as well have breakfast. It's a massive choice, this year I manage to handle the sweet things better (marmalade croissants).
I'm going to be touristy (properly) today. It is a day for bell towers (campaniles). First San Marco.

This is the queue for San Marco Church, not the bell tower, which was easy to get into. The queue for the bell tower was a bit longer later in the day when I passed by. There is a lift so the trip up to the top is not strenuous. The view from the top is (not surprisingly) panoramic. It looks like a map and the relative position of everything is much clearer. There is some cloud and I wonder whether the BBC weather forcast will prove more accurate today.

I catch a No 2 vaporetti to get to San Giorgio where there is another bell tower (seen in picture above). This boat takes a huge circular route up the grand canal, then through some industrial area near the car park. Here you can see goods being transferred from lorries to boats for deliveries in Venice. Its quite interesting, but not worth a special trip ( no stars on the michelin green guide). The No 2 then passes the cruise ship berths.