What could be more "Italiano" than going to an opera in Italy! The four "donne" dressed up and arrived at the theatre for Puccini's "La Boheme" on Sunday evening after a delicious dinner prepared by Carol and Louise. There was not a word of English spoken, sung or written at the opera, but we loved the experience! It was just "too, too"! Our ride back to LaContessina by taxi could have been taken from a movie! Sitting in the traffic jam watching the meter tick away the euros, our driver became more and more impatient, jumping out of the taxi to see what the hold up was and coming back to explain in Italian with a few gestures. When we finally cleared the traffic it was a wild, mad dash through the midnight streets! We were clutching, screeching and praying as we were hurled back home - safe, but not too sound! Ah, Italy! More later!
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Treno a Venezia! Train to Venice
Saturday Morning - Off we go to the train station again (just a block away) to catch the 8:38 to Venice. Carol and Louise opted out, so Terry, Bobbie and I zoomed away on the Euro-Star. Two and a half hours later, we are on the grand canal, crowded onto the "waterbus" and headed for St. Mark's Square. It's a glorious, sunny day and we have joined thousands of other pilgrims in the "floating city". Even as I take it in for the fifth time, it's still just as charming as ever! I took 188 photos today, but you will be happy to know I've edited them down quite a bit for this entry. I'll just let the pictures do the talking for this wonderful day! Tomorrow we are going to do something really "Italian" - stay tuned! More later!