Day 5: Bacio

Last night after my post, we went to an opera concert dedicated to Vivaldi, who was from Venice. The two soloists were very good, although I felt the tenor was loud and overpowering. The soprano, however, was amazing.

We finished the evening by watching the Portugal-Spain soccer game in a hotel lobby. Tonight, we plan to watch the Germany-Italy game. I hope to get the full European soccer watching experience. If Italy wins there will be parties in the streets!

Today was all about the tourist sights. We started the day at the San Marco's Basilica (shown below.) The walls were made of gold mosaics that brought gold light shimmering down into the room. After the church we hit 3 museums.

We went to the Dali museum, the lace museum, and Museo Correr, the corner museum, located in the corner of San Marco Square. The Dali museum was cool, but not as cool as the one I saw in Paris. It was also very expensive for the size. The lace museum was a store in disguise. Nonetheless, we enjoyed looking at the intricate lace designs that Venice is famous for. Lastly, we went to Museo Correr. There, we got a true cultural experience. One of the guards of the museum got really angry when my Dad, who was walking back from the bathroom to meet us, was walking through the rooms in the wrong direction. She followed us through the museum for a few rooms to continue her yelling when she ran into a couple who was also walking the wrong direction. Then she started yelling at them instead. Then, a different security guard started a yelling match with her.

Today we also had our first real pizza, and Amy finally tried her pasta al nero, a black pasta made with cuttlefish ink. Amy says it tasted just like tomato sauce. We also had our daily gelato. Amy had a mint gelato, and I tried bacio, which was some kind of chocolatey hazelnut. Amy and I both voted for the bacio as Flavor of the Day.