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Venice, A Bridge of Sighs?

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Day one of our European , Asian adventure, finally setting off to Venice on easyjet which is an adventure in itself. We set off at 8.45, with a much appreciated lift, with our heavy bags from Trish's sister Marie to lime street station to get the train to Manchester airport. The journey went quite smooth till we got to the airport rail station and I decided we no longer needed the tickets and threw them away, only to be confronted by the conductor at the exit, and then had to scurry back down the escalator and retrieve them, at least I was told I wasn't the first person to do it, quite pleased over that. Inside the airport we had to chuck out most of our liquids when we were presented with a bag even Barbie would struggle with, so once through security it was time for a well-earned pint before being herded on to the plane, economy airline style, I’m already knackered and I’m still on the tarmac in Manchester!   Finally touched down at Venice airport and decided to go a