Saturday 27, September: Two week anniversary, and some said it wouldn't last....mostly Jim! We went back up to Fiesole for the weekly market...much like the town, not much of a market! Took the 1.3k scenic walk again for moving picture opportunities....get your popcorn ready! Had lunch and found the best thing about Fiesole...possibly the cleanest, nicest, public toliets we have ever seen- and Jim is quite the toliet critic! We had some really good gelato (Pam) and went back down the hill.
Sunday 28, September: Travel day. The wonderful, sweet owners of the Bencistà graciously gave us a ride up the hill to the bus stop...just like her mother eight years ago, she took off at full speed...before Jim was all the way in the car. I guess we can tell who teaches who to drive in that family!! Arrived in Venice without any hitches. The weather is beautiful and the hotel, Locanda al Leon, is lovely. They had a bottle of Prosecco and glasses waiting for The Newlyweds! Set out to do some exploring, against Rick Steve's advise we opted not to buy a map and just use the free one from the hotel (you know how thrifty Jim is). Two hours later we discovered that while our map has really pretty colors...not too many street names! Guess we'll but a map tomorrow. After a great dinner, headed back to Locanda al Leon(ardini) on Campo San Giacamo (Jim).
Monday 29, September: Caught the #41 vaporetto for the 45 minute ride to Murano. There we hussled into the Murano Mafia glass demonstation. Headed by Mikey Murano and his two brothers, Tommy "the Tazzo" and Bobby "Bicchiere" (that's Tommy the Cup and Bobby Glass for you Americanos!!). Of the 75 people admitted for the demonstration, Jim was singled out by Bobby Bicciere (insert Italian mafia accent)..."you can go to the gift shop, but I know a guy who can get you into the gallery...that's where you get the real stuff...the gift shop only has crap, you can get that anywhere. My guy has the goods..." . What the Murano mob didn't know is they were dealing with Jimmy "the Thrifty" (remember the 5 euro map he refused to buy before). did a lot of shopping and caught another vaporetto to Burano...it is just as pretty as all the pictures you see. There was a house for sale (address #13!)...hmmm...can you see Jim driving a boat? Did more shopping and bought the famous lace work and had a gelato. Headed back to Murano for some early Christmas shopping and then back to the main island. got really lost looking for somewhere to eat (hmmm...how many euros was that map?), but accidentally found a local hang out (menu is hand written with just general terms...you have to ask him what he has to serve). The food was amazing! Miraculously found our way home and had a victory gelato!
No comments:
Post a Comment