Anne spoke very well in clear easy to understand language that we could follow - she even had lovely photos of Adelaide, Australian icons and even a snap of Rory Sloan! Afterwards some of Anne's colleagues and we 4 went for a beautiful lunch in a little ristorante in an off the beaten track alley - certainly not touristy! It was very pleasant and the typical Venetion meal delicious! It's a privilege to be able to experience traditional Venice from locals.
We left this secluded spot and walked through the Jewish Ghetto - the history of which is quite sad as is most of their history. We made up for the quiet lunch then by plunging right into tourist city where all the market stalls are! We soon got pretty sick of this! Most surprising was the water lapping up into St Marks bascillica - a common occurance in winter but not now!
The water was also sneaking up over the edge here where we caught the vaporetto! We suspect the Ferrari shop - which was our destination through all the tourists and markets - could have been affected by water as it was shut with no explanation! Darryl and Greg fancy purchasing a Ferrari shirt so we'll try again tomorrow!
We arrived home to rest our weary feet and work out what else we want to see in Venice before we leave next Tuesday! We have some pretty full days planned!!
Darryl was tonight's chef serving up a beautiful seafood risotto made a little unusual by the minestrone soup Greg purchased in the supermarket instead of vegetable stock! It is a little tricky when we can't read Italian!!
We have the TV on - thinking there may be a soccer game televised but doesn't seem so. It really seems the Italians aren't as sport mad as we thought! It's not much good watching Italian TV when you're Italian language is almost zero!!
My education continues tomorrow evening when Anne and I are attending the opera "The Barbers of Seville" . Greg and Darryl will escort us in and we'll have a quick dinner before hand then they'll leave us and head home. I'm looking forward to seeing my first ever opera!!
Our excellent weather has returned and coats jeans and jumpers are back in the cases!
Hoping you are all well xxxxxxx from Marg & Darryl
This is The Bridge of Sighs - where they used to take prisoners across for execution!
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