It does not seem to matter how many documentaries you have seen or how many holiday magazines you have read in the dentists waiting room. Frankly nothing can prepare you for your first view of Venice as you emerge from Venezia Santa Lucia Train station. The feeling is certainly akin to stepping into a parallel universe because one minute you are struggling with your rucksack in the train station and the next you are being plunged into the bright Venetian sunshine and a scene which can only be described as astonishing.
So it was for my wife and I as we emerge from the station onto the marble steps leading into Venice.
So it was for my wife and I as we emerge from the station onto the marble steps leading into Venice.