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Venice day 1: both my favourite terraces, ten exhibitions and pigeon shit on my sleeve.

First things first: If you want to have a cup of coffee by the Grand Canal without going bankrupt, try cafeterias of Ca'Pesaro and Ca'Rezzonico museums. Note: there's a bridge from Ca'Rezzonico vaporetto stop straight to the terrace, but not all maps show it.

Lorna Simpson and Jenny Saville were impressive (totally recommended), Marina Abramovic not so much unless one is really into crystals, Lydia Ouhramane subtle and beautiful (do read the leaflet), Kiki Smith cute, warm and brilliantly displayed, Helter Skelter interestingly, even though a tad old-fashionedly, political and Glasstress is always an interesting and beautiful showcase of use of glass in contemporary art.

Do remember that pigeons can shit on you even in covered places, like terraces. Should this happen at Ca'Rezzonico, there's a toilet large enough to wash the sleeve in privacy and hand dryer strong enough to dry it in a few seconds. So that you know.

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So, my cheap accommodation in Venice, part one: a camping site in Fusina, Mestre side, with a straight ferry connection to Zattere on the main island. I have a cabin, compact but comfy, good bed, slept very well.

Downside is, the ferry only goes once an hour, and the last one back this time of year leaves the island 19:30.

https://www.campingfusina.com

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OMG OMG you can change lighting in öbb business class too!

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Brenner Pass! My favourite stretch of scenery extravaganza!

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No Elvis nor Jesus, but a free cup of nice coffee in real cups was served in the öbb first class.

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And then from Munich to Venice. In öbb business class. Which is… this? Defs not worth the extra 20 € unless there will be Elvis performing and Jesus doing stand-up.

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And most important: mini cabin breakfast. Quite continental. Brought for me to the cabin, reaching for it doubled as morning gymnastics. There was coffee as well.

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Mini cabin sleeping experience: worth the price. Which was cheap.

Opening doors and changing lighting cause a beep, which is not loud but audible to closest neighbours. So it was kind of a... drum rolls... beep show. Except for that, it was a peaceful night.

Mattress not too soft, pillow miniscule, used folded trousers as an extra pillow. I didn't sleep too well, but luckily I don't have to be perky today.

Played with the lighting a lot. Sorry, neighbours. Beep!

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My first öbb mini cabin! It indeed is… mini. Getting in was easy, but getting out to show my ticket took some time, corduroy friction and all.

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The train to Copenhagen indeed was late, so clever me.

A well-known fact, worthy of repeating: there is no restaurant car on Copenhagen-Hamburg train, at least the one that leaves 14:22. Just a snack machine, somewhere, maybe. And the first class coffee booth is taken away well before the German border.

Also, crossing Rendsburg bridge is a great time to stretch and watch the scenery, during and after the big ass loop the train does.

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Report from SJ Malmö Lounge: pretty much the same @tml posted yesterday, except for a coffee machine being repared. Noms.

Trains to Copenhagen direction seem to be running late, so I better take an earlier train at the cost of long lunch.

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Has anyone ever succeeded in packing the trash back to SJ breakfast box so that the lid closes tidily? It seems the dimensions of the packages change while eating and this deed is impossible.

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A tip for those who arrive to Stockholm from Åbo by ferry 6:30 and try to catch the 6:46 bus 53 to central station, but realise that the bus is very late or non-existing, and decide to take a bus to Slussen and change to tunnelbanan there: Slussen has many stops, and some of them are further from the metro station than others.

Anyhow, I made it to 7:22 train to Malmö, but without a first breakfast at SJ lounge. I did have time to buy a pasta salad, in case the train breakfast takes too much time to arrive. So all's good.

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