Call me the water bus queen! Got an all day pass, and yes,we put that baby to use! First and likely only time I'll ever see: a boat ambulance or a stop light on a waterway, awesome. Venice has a graveyard that is about the equivalent of San Francisco's Colma, beautifully kept grounds, famous deceased, all walled in on its own island. We went Murano glass shopping today. Yes, I did. Spent a whole afternoon shopping, and actually had fun doing it...so weird. I tell ya, that dormant girly gene is out in full force... I best beware where I travel...somebody warn me if I'm headed to the land of lots of kiddos...no waking that sleeper please...oyi... Though I do hope (and believe) the kiddo place would have a repellent effect...don't know if I wasn't lost enough or a bit too lost, however, though there was a ton of gorgeous glass pieces, the galleries near San Marco's, well (in my opinion, they win) had I known how or where to find the person who made the devil chandelier....yeah, never mind, likely a very good thing I stayed lost. For the inquiring, please note, mucho eruo was spento. We filled an entire hedgehog purse (more on him later) with pretty little glass things -I swear I'm turning into Eddie! (AbFab reference, watch it love it embrace it) got back to the main section of Venice and caught the 1 vaporetto (water bus) and took a tour of the grand canal (technically was just a bus ride...but if ya know what you're looking for {get a walking tour map} very cheap, easy way to get yer culture on!) had a (relative to european terms) earlyish din din. Super cute little cafe outside deck over the grand canal. (I'm on a mission to find the best cabonara in zee land! And if you've ever been to Italy, please tell me your fav!!) We were getting ready to go, and as I was on my way to the ladies room, what do I spy? A man with a hedgehog (purse) in his hand. I convince him (or ya know, perhaps my boobs persuaded him) to let me show it to my mom...(back story here: mumsicle collects hedgies, don't ask why or where this came from, as I have 0 clue. Anyway, thankfully it's a rarely found critter, doesn't cost me as much, glad she's not into cows or some such thing!...so though I personally wouldn't be caught with this silly ass critter, I brought it to my mom) she loved it! I had a procession behind me, as apparently it was a prototype for the winter collection...I swear if this is the new hot item of fall...I'm gonna need some grapa. Happy birthdays to mumsie, she is now the happy proud owner of "hedgie the purse." we head to the train station, frickola, just missed the 10:15pm, 3 more leaving before we're stuck till 6am, still, we checked the bus options as the next train is in +45 from now...too late, they're done hon. Ahem, always always check the digital posts...not sure if 2 of the 3 trains were no shows or on a platform other than what was written on the paper schedule. It's now past midnight, and though the paper schedule states "bus transfer" the train that's about to pull out, has the same destination, so dragging mom behind me, we dash for the closing doors....she wanted to read the whole damn listing, and was insisting this was a bus transfer...um, 2 trains on this stupid thing failed us, it's this or 6am on a bench...argue later: train, NOW! Barely make it through the door, mumsie still grumbling under her breath, both of us getting bleary eye tired, but on the train, headed home (we friggin hope!) So as I'm peering through the darkness at stops that I really don't recall from the prior trips (2 into and this is our 2nd back) I'm doing the "what ifs" in my head: okay, so if we get to the end of the line, and our stop isn't on here, if it's past 4am, might as well sleep on the stupid bench, unless getting back to the hotel via cab (damn i miss magic taxi) is less than €80. If it's 3:30amish, and the cab is +€80, hotel room and train in the am it is...Clearly after 1:30am, we're on a wrong train...shit be our stop, please crap be us...now I'm up, looking out the doors. Nope, and no I don't recall this on the prior trips. Frick frick frick. Sigh of relief, OUR stop!!! And for being such a middle of no where place, sure is a popular station for the last train of the evening...and shit, no cab...now what? Oh thank you kindness of strangers! A guy who was on the train, calls a cab (to no avail) however, the coffee shop/bar/restaurant across the way, though closed, still has employees hanging out. And I had a bira here earlier today, the server, used to work at McCormick's in SF! (sky opening, angels singing..and both mumsie and I peeing!) [me also drinking a celebratory Moretti bira!] long friggin day. Gorgeous, great fun...least now that we're back in the hotel! Oyi vey, time to hit the hay!!!
Quotes:
“I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are.” ~ Diane von Furstenberg
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