The City of Masks and Rain

Today, our first day in Venice, was a lazy one. It started raining yesterday and has only stopped for a few hours at a time.

We slept in our rather comfy bed most of the morning, listening to the rain pound the Venetian rooftops. When we heard a break in the downpour we hit the streets.

Walking the narrow corridors of Venice is somewhat surreal. I'm not sure it has sunk in that we're actually here.

On our way to our first stop, Scuola San Rocco, we stopped for some pizza slices. After visiting the Scuola and its ajoining church we headed to a pastry shop were we enjoyed Tiramisu and coffee. It was fantastic.

We then headed to the Maria Gloriosa dei Frari church. It was huge and really lovely. Lindsay kept wondering if she could climb the rafters like her favorite video game character. I'm not joking.

After the church we wondered around the streets.  We bought a 2 Euro umbrella (we'll see how long that lasts). Then went into a market. There we bought dinner which consisted of this: bread, fresh provolone, Italian beer, and chocolate. We then spent five full minutes trying to determine which bottle of cleaner contained laundry detergent. Nearly satisfied with our choice, we found a very helpful Italian woman who happened to speak English. She informed us that we had selected disinfectant. Oops. We then headed back to our bed and breakfast. On our way we bought some strawberries. Gourmet, right?

We've eaten, done our laundry in the sink, and have had as much Italian Law and Order (Special Victims Unit) we can handle, so that's it for the day. Hopefully tomorrow will bring some sunshine!

Cin cin!