Jim and I traveled together to Venice by way of Dublin on Aer Lingus. Stephen flew from Montreal. It was a long trip, 17.5 hours Hanover to Venice, although we could have headed to Boston an hour later. Of this, 11.5 hours was Boston to Venice.

After a bus ride to Boston we had a nice meal at Legal Seafood at Logan Airport, and a bit after 6 PM we were in the air.

Here is Jim in Hanover waiting for the Dartmouth Coach to take us to Logan.

The photo on the right shows the Massachusetts coast shortly after takeoff. You might be able to see the wakes of boats below.

The seat I selected when I booked the flight turned out to be great. I had an empty seat next to me on an almost full plane. This is the sky to the north an hour and 20 minutes into the flight.

Around 11 PM Boston time we were approaching Dublin.

Dublin seemed the place for chocolate and Irish Whiskey. We passed on both.

During our morning flight from Dublin to Venice I got some photos of the Irish country side and then later the Alps. All of the photos from the plane were taken with my iPhone.

As we approached the airport in Venice I got a photo of Venice. You can see the causeway leading out to the over 100 islands that comprise Venice. At the end of the causeway are rows of train platforms. To the right, just out of the photo, is where cruise ships dock. Between the two is the only (small) area in Venice where cars are allowed.

I did not know what I was photographing when I took the photo below. But I found out during our trip to the airport from Venice by water bus. The boats are water buses and water taxis.

The Venice Marco Polo Airport quickly became one of my least favorite airports, and this feeling was reinforced during our trip home. Here is the mess going though immigration. It was worse than it looks.

Here are a few photo from the airport.

Fortunately we had sufficient time before the bus for Cortina left. We met Stephen and headed outside to wait. It was HOT, sunny and around 90 F.

I took many photos from the moving bus and tossed most of them. Only a few were worth saving. Here is one. A few other photos from the bus are at the start of the next page on Cortina. You can click the NEXT button to get to that page and do the same on subsequent pages if you want to move through the pages of the trip in the order we experienced it.