Venice.

We arrived as mentioned in Venice. Found the hotel without so much as a farethee well. The hotel was exactly as advertised at visible from the People Mover, like an airport tram, from the port to the town. 
The room was ready for us at 9:00am when we arrived which was a pleasant surprise. Room is about the same size as our cabin but it doesn't have the view nor the rocking motion.
Now that we are on our own so to speak we find the choices overwhelming. We can choose to go this way or that and know we may have  a hard time coming back. This town is a crazy quilt. We have many, many restaurants and all charge, unlike the boat where food was free! 
Our hotel gave us a walking map so we knew something. Our first walk got us to Hard Rock, St. Mark's square, the Bridge or Sighs and more. It is cold! Another difference with cruising, the temperature is subject to external forces so we will layer up this morning.
Today we walk and walk. We may try for the Murano glass works but we are not sure of the cost. It is a island over there. We have an overnight train to Vienna this evening so we have to entertain ourselves for 14 hours. 9pm boarding but we have to out of our room by 11am. We can't see Hard Rock again, $10 a beer.
This is not a cheap city... at least for tourists. Probably there are local places that may offer a less expensive environment which we hope to find today.
Ciao!