Arrivederci Venezia. Ciao. Ciao Ciao.
This is it. Gotta go. So the first thing on the agenda was packing including effectively wrapping the olive oil, wine and vinegar we wanted to bring home. Mission accomplished!
We had no plan so, after coffee at the Puppa Bar, we set out for the Canneregio canals and just walked. We hung out at the marina for a few minutes:
And visited the Madonna del Orto church. Such a sad story. Their prized posession, a Bellini painting, was stolen in 1993 and never recovered. So, they have a photo of it in the chapel where it was.
Here’s the Madonna del Orto church from the next canal:
It started raining so we turned around and headed for home. We stopped at the El Sbarleffo, wine and cicchetti bar and sat outside under the awning for some bubbly wine and snacks. Our sprits were good. “Let’s enjoy this last day, OK?” And we were.
Came home to relax in the rainy time and went back out for a short walk later on. I wanted to check out these new “Everything Truffle” stores that are around. I made up that name; I really don’t know what they’re called.
We had a dinner reservation at Promessi Sposi. Walking there we saw someone filming a dancer in front of the Gesuiti church and the kids playing their intense game of soccer. And popped into the We Crociferi to see the art installation going up:
We both were getting choked up about leaving at this point. Here’s a random wall near our place:
Dinner was fine. Started with canestrelli/small scallops. Bigoli/thick Venetian spaghetti with Amatriciana sauce was easily the best course.
The fritto misto was delicious but not a great selelction of seafood. The highlight was our waiter suggesting wines by the glass to go with each course. Great pairings! We talked for a while with a group of young people, college kids, from Georgia.
And we walked home.
Done. Finito.
Maybe our best trip ever!
This made me cry. Wish you could stay forever. You sound so happy there. At least you have little Juna waiting to meet you and Mavis can’t wait to see you so lots of love in store!
You and Ken really understand the beauty and wonder of travel. Thanks for taking me with you.
Grazie mille!
Thank you so much for sharing your travels with us. I enjoyed seeing your beautiful photos and reading about your experiences. Safe travels.
So much fun following along with you. Great to hear that Venice can still be lovely–she will survive!
Solo finito per ora. Fino alla prossima volta. Grazie tanto, Jan and Ken! Magnifico!
Lovely good bye photos, lovely last day, lovely, lovely posts. Thank you for sharing.
Wow! I have loved my trip to Italy you have saved us so much money. I think you are a good photographer, your photos enrich the stories you are telling. To think of the tales that the random wall could tell – if. So looking forward to seeing you both, safe travels
Thank you for taking me to Venice. Love how you see the slower less crowded side.
I hope we can take beautiful photos like yours when we are there.
Some of my friends wonder what we will do for our 4 weeks there in October! We travel like you and I know it will fly by.