Originally Posted by wallaby
On a purely emotional basis, there is nothing like arriving in Venice by train. Walking out the station entrance and down the broad expanse of steps with the canals in front of you...
Wallaby I hear you! Wife and I did the same exact thing, walking out of Ven. S.L. and seeing all the historic building fronts, the gondolas, and the canals. Granted we had to squint past all the tourists and souvenir carts, but man was it neat to see!