Goodness Me---it IS as beautiful as in the movies!!!

No I did not get marooned out on some desolate island because our flights went very well. Aviva and I soared for many, many, too many hours and now it's well worth it! We know where all of the bathrooms in the aeroports that we have visited as we we both drank a ton of water---and we were lucky---on our 8 hr flight to London we were seated right at the back of the bus and near the BRs. Needless to say we were relieved---ha ha ha.

On my way over to Italy I was fortunate to see the alps protruding out of the clouds and it was quite the sight! And then, Venice appeared---isolated by large pools of water and decorated with a million old buildings. A perfect peachy sun bathed the entire city. We arrived at 5pm (and we are 9hrs ahead) and the heat nearly killed us as we lugged our bags to the water taxi.

We found our albergo in the heart of Venice and it really feels like a dream come true here---the summer heat is heavy with the scent of fresh food, the streets are ladden with people, cafe's, and colorful tempations (yes shoes and bags and trinkets) and everybody here is brown and beautiful (young and old).

We made our way up a narrow hallway to the third floor when low and behold---what did we see? Opposite to our room stood a little wooden ladder leading to a private little perch made out of wood---and so with pure excitement at the prospect of discovering a little gem of a hideway we threw our bags in our room and up the ladder we went---and just like that---we found a tiny haven reminiscent of hundreds of years of history! We could even see a woman opening her wooden window shutters to let in the cool breeze while she hung her clothes---I mean how ferfectly Italian is that???

Ok---I should really be going to bed---it's 1020pm and we have much to do tomorrow. Aviva is already in bed! But oh we had such a good night so far! We were so hungry that we devoured our 'on flight' sandwich that I saved for later and wolfed down some organic cookies so that we could walk around a bit and see the town.

We finished off our evening by taking a stroll in our new area where we by chance found the famous Rialto bridge---so we took the ancient steps to the top and perched ourselves over the edge to have a look below at the lovers taking rides in the gondolas.

Anyways---my head is swimming with a million images of today---so I must go to bed!