Onto the vaporettto and "Nexta stopa" Salute. A walk along the promenade brings us to the Punta della Dogana or Custom's Point. This wedge of land is at the entrance to the Grand Canal and has some of the most spectacular views across the water to St Mark's Square. It is here that arriving cargo ships were for centuries inspected by customs officials.
The former customs house is now a contemporary art gallery. Right on the point one of their exhibits and it's attracting a good deal of attention. Hmmm, very strange.
Photo on left.
Trivia: While walking along the canal we hear loud music. Sure enough zipping along in a motor boat is the Venetian version of our "doof doof" boys. The lads had their stereo cranked up to the maximum. What a sight!
A short time to relax before boarding the 7:30pm night train to Paris.
Next: Paris and off to the countryside.
If a train station is where the train stops, what is a workstation?
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