Venice, San Marco the confusing

We took advice from some folks who'd already been to Venice and elected to just ride the vaporetto around and get lost in and around the town. We most certainly got lost and we rode around on the Venetian equivalent of the aqua bus - the vaporeto. We decided we had two missions to accomplish. Mission 1; the train station, location and baggage deposit. Mission 2; find our hotel. These two missions took most of the day. Along the way we enjoyed the fantastic scenery and endured the insane crowds. San Marco, one of Venice's neighbourhoods, is most certainly not for the claustrophobic - some of the alleys are less than an umbrella wide and jam packed with humanity.

 These fellows are practising for some races held later on in the year.