Tuesday 23 June 2026 (Day 3)
In the morning were two 08:30 –
15:00 excursions, we’d signed up for the Padua Walking Tour but a combination
of its early start and long day encouraged us to opt for a leisurely morning on
the sundeck with our Kindles.
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| Refuelling |
We watched a large battered old low boat slowly come towards us and saw a dolphin* was accompanying it, surfacing every few minutes. As we watched the boat turned and it seemed it was going to ram us, but it stopped and lay alongside us. Ropes were tied and we saw it was a tanker that had come to refuel us. The dolphin swam across the wide waterway and up a canal opposite.
Lunch was supplied for the dozen or so people who’d not taken
the excursions.
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| St Mark's Campanile to left of piazza, Doges Palace on right. |
After lunch we cruised through the
lagoon while on the sun deck Tamara Andruszkiewicz, a tour guide involved in
organising the Venice Biennale and a member of the Italian Sommeliers
Association, gave a commentary of what we were passing.
At 16:00 she presented a tasting
of three Proseccos in the lounge. The wines were good and had a ferocity of bubbles, but
there was little information given about them; such as their name, whether they
were available on board, their retail cost or their dosage.
We moored at Mazzorbo, attached by
a short wooden bridge to the island of Burano to which there was an hour’s
stroll and lace making demonstration at 17:15. We didn’t go on this, but made
our own way to Burano the next day.
Mooring Location: Mazzorbo island
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*I can’t tell the difference
between a dolphin and porpoise; it was either one or other.
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