Venice & Return to Croatia

We left Trieste and made our way along the Italian coast to Venice, calling at Grado and Caorle, two delightful resort towns. At Grado we berthed in a small basin at the end of the narrow town canal and at Caorle, most of which lay below sea level protected by levee banks, in a marina off the canal. On arrival in Venice we managed to secure a berth in the yacht club basin on the island of San Giorgio, right opposite St Mark`s square. After several days we quit the teeming mid summer hordes and anchored five miles away off the island of Burano. There Michael joined before we departed for Croatia again. A calm crossing to Porec and again Rovinj and then several lovely island villages before arriving in Zadar, a busy port city with an old town centre. We plan to make our way south amongst the islands before again crossing to Italy.

Trieste city & port

Trieste

Miramare catle near Trieste

Some of the hundreds of thousands of tourists

Grado

Entering the Grado canal

Grado

In the canal at Caorle

Caorle

Caorle

Approaching Venice

St Mark`s square as we approached - hordes of tourists!

The view from San Giorgio

Venetsia

The yacht club basin at San Giorgio

The logistical challenge - feeding Venice

Burano

Burano

Met by the band at Porec in Croatia

Ivolik

Brgulje

Zadar

At the sea organ, Zadar