Roaming Through Europe
Italy continued 06/13/2010
We followed Rick Steves recommendation and looked for bars that served cicchetti, for meals in Venice itself. We found one in the back streets of the Rialto bridge, which worked out very well. We were feeling too hot to do a 'bar crawl', but if were staying in Venice itself, rather than 15 kms away, would certainly spend the evening moving from bar to bar! One evening we attended a presentation about Venice that included part of Francesco Da Mosto's documentary series about Venice, followed by a live show, in which actors played out some of the history and folklore of Venice. It was held in the Teatro San Gallo, not far from St. Mark's Square, and we enjoyed the performance very much. Afterwards, we returned to our agriturismo by local bus, from the central bus station in Venice. There is no concept of lining up for the bus; as soon as it arrives, it is every man/woman for himself! We decided to act like the locals and pushed and shoved like the best of them!! As it was getting dark, we were a bit concerned that we might miss our stop, as the agriturismo was outside a small village, and there were not many street lights to guide us. Fortunately the bus driver was very kind and called out the stop for us. We then walked almost a kilometer along the country road, and arrived home just fine! Our place in the agriturismo was basic, but spacious, and the owners were very helpful. We listened at night to the bull frogs, or some variety of frog that was very vocal, and awoke in the morning to the cock crow. There was a swimming pool for our use, along with other guests (hardly any during this week), and we overlooked the Brenta river. The only downside was mosquitos, due to the proximity of the river. Otherwise we were very comfortable. About two kilometers away there was a large supermarket, which served us well - lots of cheese, proscuitto, fruit and vegetables, and local veneto wine. It is now time to eat dinner - travel in Italy to be continued. Buona sera! Comments Comments are closed. |
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