Left Optija around 10 AM ---to leave earlier would have got us here without our rooms being ready. Went through Slovenia. We all had to disembark, walk to the passport booth (like a toll booth on the highway), show our passport, and walk back to stand along the highway. When all had cleared, the bus drove ahead and we got back on. Slovenia is part of the European Union so we will not have to show our passport again. Within a half hour, we were through Slovenia and entered Italy. Stopped at a rest stop for lunch. We needed Euros. We didn't have many Euros but enough to buy a sandwich to split and a cappacino to split. Also had nuts that we had squirreled away from breakfast, chocolates from the hotel, and water. By 2 PM we arrived at the pier in Vennice. Told the bus driver and bus, "Good-by." Carried our carry-ons to a waiting boat and motored to our hotel. It is a Hilton that is in a former factory building. Very nice. We can see St. Mark's Square across the canal. The weather is cool. The internet is expensive.
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