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6.4.18. Day 3 in Venice! In the morning, we did a tour of the Doge's Palace and the Bridge of Sighs. The tour guide was excellent, and when we tipped him he asked if we wanted change (that's been a theme here...). Afterwards, we did a short boat tour of the Guidecca islands across from St. Mark's, and I peeled off to climb the bell tower on St. George's by myself. We had dinner at Ai Mercanti, this time sitting outside. The waitress gave us a fantastic white wine, then claimed that the bottle had a hole in the bottom when she went to refill us (the couple next to us said we were wine shamed... I'll take it, totally worth the shaming). The night ended with a low key concert of classical music in a theater off of St. Mark's.