28, September
The sun is out and so we take the opportunity to grab a boat out to the islands for glass and lace shopping. The venture is very successful as we manage to replace the glass horse from the 2008 visit, which was broken under mysterious circumstances. It's procurement does not even require sitting through the obligatory glass-making demonstration. Lace hankies for brides current and future are also purchased. After the island hop we boarded the vaporetto to Rialto for dinner at La Madonna, a restaurant suggested by the hotel owner. We should have know there would be trouble when the directions start out.."you just go over the bridge..." The restaurant is " on the third street after you go over the bridge" - how hard can that be? We go over the bridge and the first thing we see is not really a street but kind of a tiny cul-de-sac...that can't count, so off we go, 1, 2, and 3...hmmm that's not the name he gave us, but we counted. We travel down what is really no more than an alley and while we can hear eating and dishes no restaurants in sight. Finally we get directions from the gelato man (Pam makes a mental note where he is for after dinner) and there is on what by our counting is street number two...the cul-de-sac must count in Venice!! Wonderful dinner and a delightful moonlight ride back to the hotel.
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