Travel day and Venice


Blogs from Italy trip ill begin to trickle in. Met up with a few tour members at JFK airport, which made time fly quicker. We arrived around 4pm and then had our welcome mixer around 6 and had all kinds of food and wine. We hung out and walked around out hotel and beachside. The next day we went to tour Venice in the city, a walktour and gondola ride and snack and prosecco after. Walked to St. Marks Cathedral and enjoyed the beauty. Weather is hot. Snuck into hotel bathroom, free! Pigeons are everywhere and the square actually in other times of year is flooding. Fact: Italy sinks 5 inches every ten yrs! Wine tasting and feast event was festive and delicious; accomodating and fun. We had five different wines, plus a tasty pasta and strawberry cake like crust dessert and light angel type cake. An older italian gentleman serenaded our tables, and the chef of our night stepped out to talk to us. Wine sold was a good deal as well. Worth the choice to go to the venue. The entire city of Venice is 6.2 square miles. You can cover the place in a day and the gardens are really something. Ca Del Sol Masque shop and Liberia Aqua Alta bookstore were highlights and worth going to. 
I am glad we got to experience the also wanderinh the maze like quality of the city itself. You think downtown Sacramento is tricky, lol try Venice, whole different ball game! 



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