We rode the vaporetto around Venice. We went out to Lido island and explored. Since we didn’t get the second gelato in Roma we were looking at every gelato stand for soya here. Nothing. Must have been a Roma thing. Later we found a place with rice milk gelato. No dairy just rice milk. We were desperate. We took it and loved it. It was better than any rice milk ice cream in the states. It was a beautiful sunny day on the canals…the beauty of Venice and vegan ice cream.
We wandered the city passing glass and mask shops. We passed the shop where Stanley Kubrick bought the masks for the movie “Eyes Wide Shut.” We passed several places with graffiti or signs against the war in Iraq and US imperialism. I tried to get some pictures there. Just outside the train station is a sculpture by Michael Angel of Mary holding Jesus after he was taken off the cross (La Pieta?). Under him lies an american flag barely touching the ground. We could not translate the artist’s interpretation other than Jesus died for the US sins, perhaps.
After wandering Venice, the kids asked me for some money. Byron said their plan was legitimate. James and I waited at St Mark’s square for them and they returned with gifts for me. Earrings and a Venetian glass pendant necklace. Wow! I cried. They were so proud.
James and I flip flopped about riding the gondola. Byron had been telling us all day we should and he would watch the kids for us. It cost more money than we had and it was cold outside. We decided not to go because the romantic energy would be replaced by the stress of “we spent how much for this and we are freezing?” We decided we will return to Venice later.
We went back to collect our bags and eat dinner at our favorite Italian spot in Campo Santa Margarita. Off to the train for an overnight to Vienna.
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