We arrived at Alessandro's at 2pm after a 7 hour train ride from Vienna with our two kids 6 and 4 years old. We had plans to walk around the city of Venice, but it was 37 degrees! Alessandro picked us up at the train station and helped with our bags. He gave us a spritzer that was really refreshing on a cold day. The fridge was stocked with yogurt, juice, tea, water, croussaints. and the room was extremely clean. He told us how to take the bus to the city and said he was going to the sea for a few hours for a swim. That sounded like a much better idea than walking around the city so we asked if we could go with him and he was happy enough to let us come along. The next day he brought us coffee in the morning and a breakfast cake. He went up and over what I would expect any host to do!