Venice!

Well, I must be the only person in the world that didn't realise there are no roads in Venice, only bloody water!

My husband and I went to Venice for a few days after my birthday which we booked a whilst back to mark the end of chemotherapy. When we arrived it was about 10.30pm at night and we caught a water taxi to St. Marks Square where out hotel was located. But what we didn't expect was to be stuck in the middle of a square with a map of roads and bridges but all the smaller roads weren't listed, including our hotel's road. So there we were in the middle of a square not sure which direction to go and both of us spinning in circles wondering what to do... and then phew, luckily my husband had an iphone which has a satnav and we were able to follow the cobbled streets to our hotel.

The next morning we woke up with a plan to tour the city and as we walked along the streets, stopping for coffee and ice-cream along the way, I noticed that there were no roads, no cars, no taxis! This was when my husband told me that Venice is purely canals, cobbled streets and bridges! What! Well I knew there were canals and that the best way to travel was in a gondola but seriously, not 1 road! So we'd walked for hours and hours in the heat and we had no option but to walk the whole way back!



Now remember I'd not long finished chemo, and I got tired very quickly, plus I had no hair, so I was wearing a cap and hat which was boiling! And to make matters worse, my eyebrows were so thin that I nothing to stop the sweat dripping into my eyes and finally when I sneezed and my false lashes stuck together... I knew we had to change our flights and come home early.



Venice is a beautiful place, but not the place to go after chemo, maybe a relaxing holiday was what I needed, but only once I'd finished radiotherapy that was due in a few days time...