VENICE AND A CANE

October 28, 2019


Our blog begins this evening through the ten talented fingers of She Who Must Be Obeyed, and I will follow at the end.

Well, this will totally confuse you when you read his!! We got up at the correct time of 8, after over 9 hours of sleep. Went to breakfast and then started out but before we got hardly out of the door he went back and got me my sweater because it was very overcast today and cool. Then, off to the gondola for a ride. It was for about 30 minutes but was quite enjoyable. No singing just riding.

After the ride we headed to San Marco to go around the church on the left side to find the church of Zachariah. We didn’t have to walk very far and soon found it but it was closed and not due to open till 3. As it was just 12 we decided we would walk back to San Marco square and head toward the Grand Canal. We were going to turn right at the canal because we had seen a bridge from there to the next church we wanted to visit. But when we got to where the bridge was the day we had ridden out to the Murano glass factory it was not there. Part of it had been moved out, it was some kind of metal extension bridge. Strange. So we turned around and while he looked at all of the art work put out by street artists I browsed the tourist kiosks that were opposite the art work.  I bought a 4 euro Venice bag just because it had scenes of the canal and gondolas and places we had visited. Then we turned toward home, stopped for a slice of pizza and being tired went home for a rest. We also had a double cone of gelato.

After resting we got up and headed to the second church we had not gotten to this morning by going across the Academia bridge and down past the Guggenheim museum. This time we got there and enjoyed a nice quiet visit. The visit into the main church was free but they had a small museum area with great art work that cost 2 euros each for old folks. It had very nice artwork.

Then we started back to the Academia bridge and decided to head to the Rialto bridge again. After arriving there and taking some pictures we headed home and for a restaurant and table where we decided we would get our 3 euro per person  service fee value by sitting a while after we finished our meal. We sat an hour and a half. It is a nice restaurant in the square near our room and there is always lots of people to watch and enjoy. Spaghetti for me and salad and pork cutlet with fries for him was enjoyed.

Now we are back and resting before heading for bed and our last day tomorrow. Our gondolier told us this morning that it is to rain tomorrow. So we will be sure to take our ponchos out with us.

Love you all Mom, Granny and Bonnie

“Woah, Macklin.  Good party.  Where whiskey?” asked Running Buffalo in one of my all-time favorites, McLintock!  No whiskey, but it has been a very good party.

Listen.  She can tell it her way.  I’ll tell it mine.  So there.

Today we headed out for the Church of Zachariah and found it easier than when we stumbled onto it yesterday.  It wasn’t open yesterday, and it didn’t open today until 3 p.m. and we were there just before noon. 

So we walked back to the Academia Bridge and went to the Church of Saint Mary the Healer.  It is a large edifice that you can see from the balcony of our hotel.  Inside, it is a church in the round, with four different altars pointing in four different directions.  There was a service going on, and we stood and watched for a time.  The priest would do a reading, a lay person – a woman – did a reading, and then the beautiful pipe organ would do a piece, and people would sing.  I didn’t recognize a thing, but enjoyed standing quietly and worshiping.

On the way back to the Academia Bridge we browsed through an area we hadn’t visited before, one with many artists offering their creations.  I bought a beautiful painting of a canal with a gondola sailing down it.  Other than two small books, that was my souvenir for the trip.

Well, my back is being cranky, so I’m going to wrap this up and post it on its way.  Tomorrow is our last day and we are going to take a vaporetto ride round-trip from near our hotel to the train station, just to see the sights from the water.  We will have our last supper in Venice tomorrow at a restaurant where we’ve eaten twice – good food, and good service.  Then relax before catching the 11:25 train to Rome.

See you on the blog tomorrow night.

TTFN