Today we said goodbye to London and hopped an Airbus to Venice. But before we left, I just had to try a Ginger Beer. This is something the kids in Harry Potter drink all the time. I saw one and was curious. It was like nothing I've ever tasted....It was kinda like a cross between root beer and ginger ale, with a sharp kick in the mouth of strong ginger. I can now say I've tried it but once you've had Dr. Pepper, nothing else compares.
Our Airbus ride to Venice was really nice. The plane was not full at all, so we got to stretch out a bit unlike the plane trip over from Houston. Since it was a smaller plane, we didn't fly as high and got to see the English Channel, France, and parts of the Swiss and Italian Alps. Oh, they were beautiful!! When we landed we saw the Venice Island in the distance and fully intended to visit this evening, but I made the mistake of lying down on the bed and fell asleep from about 2 until 7. So, we decided to call it a day and just get some food.
So, this evening as we were looking for some where to eat, we came across this really neat looking place and decided to give it a try. There wasn't really anyone there, which should have been our fist clue, but it looked too nice to not be any good and it had a big sign outside that said Pizzeria. As we walk in the host greets us and tells us they don't open until 8:00 pm, this should have been our next clue. But he said to give them about 5 minutes and they would go ahead and seat us. So we waited. As the waiter took us to our seats he asked us if we wanted to eat outside or inside. If it was outside, he would have to see what he could do because every table outside was reserved (yet another clue). We just sat inside because we were starving. The waiter brings us menus and every thing is in Italian. We recognize the words spaghetti and carne (meat), but that was about it. Luckily the waiter was able to somewhat explain what the items were. We just made some guesses and ordered. The pasta was really good, just really different from what we're use to. But while we were waiting, it began to get interesting. Where we sat we could see everyone who came in the door and they were all dresses up. Then we began to notice everyone had some sort of card. A little later the DJ came in and began to set up next to us. We were really starting to feel out of place as everyone just kinda of looked at us funny as they walked by. So we finished our meal pretty quickly and as we walked outside, a Ferreri convertable was sitting in the drive by the front door! Our best guess is that this place was some sort of exclusive club that we had wondered into. It was really neat, but we were WAY under dressed and SO out of place!
Sounds like a very interesting place. At least the food was good. Right?! I thought you all got on the ship in London, but not so! I'll have to look at the itinerary. It's been raining nonstop here since sometime during the night. The pond is totally full. The girls have taken a lot of naps inside their doggy hotel today, except for Emma. With the garage door shut, the quarters are too close for her, so she's enjoyed laying out on the deck sleeping in the rain. I'm glad you all are getting to see lots of neat places!
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Yeah, we just flew to London and then to Venice. We get on the boat tomorrow. We originally weren't going to stay in London, but we thought we were going all that way and didn't know if we'd ever be back, so might as well try to see the highlights.
ReplyDeleteI bet the girls are having fun in the rain. We keep coming across all of these pet/dog shops and we've thought about bringing them something....but it's all way to expensive and we didn't want to carry it. One place even had doggie birthday cakes!! The girls will just have to deal without!