In what seems like many lives ago, I spent three days in October 2023 exploring Venice, two with my friends Estella and Thomas and one solo.
Part of my Retirement Travel Trifecta project, Venice’s 118 islands — connected by canals and bridges — marked our last experience with my now-Austrian friends before flying south to Yecla, Spain, where I would spend a week-and-a-half with Estella’s sisters Luz and Patricia.
We stayed in an apartment right off the Grand Canal, by the Ponte dell ‘Accademia bridge, literally the perfect location from which to follow the alleyways and canals in every direction, on foot, via ferry, and, of course, by gondola. Stops included the Rialto Bridge and Bellinis at Harry’s Bar.
