Venice's Rialto Bridge

I slept better last night so getting up at twenty past eight wasn't too bad but after a quick breakfast, we were up and out and walked to the Gallerie dell'Accademia on the other side of the Grand Canal to see their extensive collection of Veroneses, Titians and Tintorettos. Unfortunately, their most famous painting, Giorgione's 'Tempest', is on temporary loan else where. We then walked along the Grand Canal until we reached the beautiful Peggy Guggenheim Collection - when we were here last year, the front was being renovated but it's been finished now so we got to go out there and play a bit of The Waving Game. We had lunch on the south side at a hotel where John Ruskin stayed on his Venetian visit although my sandwich was very disappointing - who puts mayonaise with mozzarella?! Headed back to St Mark's Square by water bus which took us under the Rialto Bridge as you can see above. Margey and I popped into the Basilica to see the fabulous mosaics before joining Sarah on the water front for an excellect peach juice. The sun was blazing so I now have a bit of sun burn as well as a terrible heat rash on my chest. Bad times. The Margey Mooley has also got a bit of sun burn but we really didn't think it was going to be this hot so we didn't bring any suncream with us! Tonight we've had a lovely meal - I had gnocchi and then escalope Milanese with the amazing rosemary roast potatos. YUM. Did the obligatory dance in St Mark's to the cafe orchestras and now we're about to go to sleep, ready for our last day!