Legally Blonde's Proceedings

I woke up to a rainy Florence on January 2nd, so it was fortunate that I was booked on a train out of town.  I took this pic from the taxi on the way to the train station. I arrived in sunny Venice at 11:35.  There were two options to get from the train station to the hotel, both called a Vaporetto, but one is a private taxi (boat) and the other a bus (also a boat).  I had emailed my hotel in advance asking for the best way to get there.  I didn't get a great response and the directions from the bus dock seemed more complicated than from the taxi dock, plus there was a ridiculous line for bus tickets at the train station, so I went with the private taxi. It's a pretty cool taxi ride though... Cool, but expensive!  Like €65 for a one way trip!  I knew this going in, but still... Let me just take this opportunity to tell you that it isn't just the taxis...Venice is EXPENSIVE. Exhibit One: I prefer to prepay for as much as possible whe...