We stayed close to home today as we toured the 14th century Davanzati house museum and the Ferragamo shoe museum. Salvatore was a poor Sicilian boy who hit it big making shoes for Hollywood stars and other famous ladies. Tonight was the annual "Notte Bianca" or White Night when everyone crowds into the streets to hear music, eat, drink and be merry. Tomorrow is May Day - a national holiday - so most people can stay out late tonight - not us! We have an early morning train to the Cinque Terre!
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Navigating Venice - April 29
You're invited to come along to the floating city of Venice with us today - it's a nice day and the city doesn't smell bad anymore! However, there are thousands of tourists (like us!) but no cars, scooters or bicycles to deal with - it is truly a pedestrian place. After our two-hour train ride we floated down the grand canal on the vaporetto (city bus) to reach St. Mark's Square. After looking around at the sights there and visiting the cathedral we looked for lunch! The rest of the afternoon was spent ambling back to the station though some of Venice's 2000 streets and alleys and crossing over some of the 400 bridges. We're one short of a hundred photos today - so sit back and enjoy - we did!