Day Two - Venice

Ughhh, what time is it? No way I'm gonna make the museum by 8AM. Shucks, I guess that means I will have to return to Venice to see the Vitruvian Man.

The Vitruvain Man Still Awaits Me

A hectic morning was had by all. Uschi and Gabi went exploring the city,

Even the Laundry in Venice is Pretty

chatting with the locals,

Luckily, This Multi-Lingual Dog Barks in both Italian and German

stopping at the market,

Berry Nice

visiting San Marco Square,

San Marco's Not Square as You Can See

and wandering along the Grand Canal.

Mickey, Ruby, and Q went shoe shopping.

Mickey's a Shoe Tease

SHOE SHOPPING? WITHOUT ME?

I can't believe I missed that. I could have gone one more day without a shower if I had known shoes were involved.

Anyhoo,

after all that fun, we packed up and waited on the terrace for our private water taxi to pick us up in front of the hotel. Bye, Alessandro, it was a pleasure looking at you, kid!

Day One - Venice

Ah well, all good thing must come to an end, eh? (You didn't know I could speak Canadian, didya?)

We had a great first day there riding into Venice in style in our private water taxi, exploring, getting over jet-lag, dealing with sassy Italian lunch waiters,

Home of Sassy Italian Lunch Waiter

cruising in water busses, enjoying Italian eye-candy,

Eye Candy

drinking aperitifs made especially for us by Alessandro,

Aperitivi di Alessandro

and eating delicious seafood at a delightful little place that was well worth the trouble it took us to find.

Who has the map?

The highlight of that first day was meeting and greeting our fellow Chickens (NOTE: Chickens with a Capital C), Gabi and Uschi. What a treat. We enjoyed a few cocktails (or more) on the terrace overlooking the Grand Canal while we all got better acquainted.

Quentin Misses Getting Better Acquainted

Don't know how the other room fared, but our room was kinda giggly late into the night. Lovely way to end our first day.

Just before the Giggles

During the Giggles

Trying not to Giggle

Only the Beginning