Venice

August 7th, 2009
Leaving Venice
We are sitting in front of the Venice train station waiting for the train back to Lugano. Yesterday, Jordan was complaining that I had only booked one night, but now she is not singing that tune. She agreed that 24 hours is just about right. It is an amazing city, but it exists entirely on tourism. There are hundreds of the same pizzarias, gelaterias, paper machie mask stores, etc. Plus, in the summer, there are a few more fragrancies than you have to deal with in other times of the year. That being said, you can get GREAT food here. I got on WWW.Fodors.com and searched for some recommendations in the "$$" range (medium expensive). Both places ended up being more than a mile walk from Piazza San Marco (Saint Mark's Square). That was a good sign, since they would tend not to be the tourist trap places. We ate at Osteria La Zucca last night, splitting lasagna and a lamb dish. We had gorgonzola pasta as an appetizer. We topped it all off with panna cotta with chocolate sauce. Just now, we had lunch at L'anice Stellata. Their specialty is fish. After insalata mista, we both had a seafood rissotto. All I can say is "graci" and "prego"... they are about the only Italian words I know!
We get back into Lugano around 9PM. I am not sure if Vic will be around to pick us up. He may be going to a film festival tonight. We will figure out a way back to his place if that is the case.