Venice to Turkey 04

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Day 04 Lunch & Travel to Ravenna

We have breakfast with Scott & Manuela and engage in fun chats. We walk down into the village to an ATM where we supply ourselves with Euros. Then it’s off for a scenic ride and views of Lake Sirio. Beautiful countryside! In Ivrea, we walk across the River Dora.

In Ivrea, we walk about town and check out some shops and interesting streets.

We have a bite to eat and glasses of wine (of course!) and end up back at Scott & Manuela’s house. I should probably call it Manuela and Scott’s house as Manuela inherited it from her mom!

Scott takes us to Turin train station. We make it onto the train with minutes to spare so cameras are temporarily forgotten. The train ride is smooth and uneventful. But the food is horrible. Probably the worst we will experience on this entire vacation! We change trains in Bologna. We arrive in Ravenna before 6 PM. Our hotel is directly across the street from the train station and easy to find. Except that we check in in one building and then have to cross the street to the actual hotel which turns out to be more like a B&B with a common room that we don’t ever use.

We take short naps. Then it’s downstairs to a seafood restaurant named “Osteria Il Paiolo”. The seafood pasta is fabulous! Before we leave the restaurant, a table of 8 next to us fills up with tourists also planning to board our same ship tomorrow. Fun conversations ensue!

We are very tired and we will sleep well. Back in the hotel overlooking the train station, we get everything ready for the morning. Early alarm is set.

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