Day 60 Venice
Sunday February 3rd.
Aria purchased a mask today.
We hit the 4 museums that surround Piazza San Marco – The museum de correre, the Doge's Palace and the Bibliotheca (1 room), and the Museo Archeological.
They were interesting museums – my favorite was the Doges Palace and the bridge of sighs which was used to transfer prisoners to the dungeons.
We had another great lunch.
We went back to the apartment and Aria and stayed behind to work while Pam and Allysha went Piazza San Paolo and San Roco where the kids activities for Carnivale were going on. Allysha painted and bungee jumped on a trampoline.
This evening we had reservations for dinner and a show. "Carnivale" a history of Venice. It was quite expensive but I was very much looking forward to it.
The dinner was a buffet which in Italy means you walk around and grab food and eat standing up – it was not very comfortable nor was the food that great. I was far from satiated and was anxious for the show to start.
The theatre was quite small it sat about 40 people – very intimate. The show was a 10 person production and was quite entertaining.
We got home near midnight.
Somehow I have been absolutely tearing through books. I finished "The Rule of Four" –a fabulous book that actually had historical references in Italy including the Piazza della Signoria in Florence and specifically the spot where Savonarola was burnt. It talked about the Bonfire of the Vanities a term I have heard but do not remember – supposedly a burning of books, games and other material things. In the book a few people died trying to remove things from these public burnings. I will have to look this reference up to see if the book was true to history.
