The Italian Adventure

I do not travel long distances well. To start with, mother Naturre decided to leave me without electricity. So no shower from Monday to Wednesday. The hotel in Venice had a wonderful shower!!! To add to the stress, TJ, my obnoxious yellow napped Amazon parrot, was attacked on the screen porch, while in her cage, by a young raccoon. I had to have her wing ,left, amputated. Thank you to my wonderful land lady's daughter, Priscilla, for all the TLC she is giving her. I didn't get any sleep on the flight from Phil to Venice. Arrived in Venice in June 27 th. we were able to navigate the twist and turns without much problem. Visited the Doge Palace, St. marks Basillica, the Jewish Ghetto, rode on a gondola, a vaporetta, and went to an Italian pub on Thursday to watch Italy beat Germany in the European soccer semi finals. Venice was lovely. I never felt frightened and it was so wonderful not to deal with traffic. Everyone was so friendly. They treat all tourists with kindness. Paloza del Giglio is the hotel in which we stayed. They were super helpful with great restaurant "non tourist" restaurants. Very close to the water taxi boarding site and a pleasant walking distance to all the sites. Let's see if I can upload some pics.