Tuesday 14 August 2018
For those of you following our travels closely, we apologise for the lack of blog yesterday. We were having too much fun with the family! Here it is now.
Had a cereal breakfast in our apartment before heading up to Gill and Nick’s for coffee and kiefer(delicious almond croissants). Had a lovely morning chat and then headed out for a walk with Marty and Gill. Gill bought a new pot plant to replace the one that blew away in the storm last night, we perused some glass shops, saw the gondolier yard, went to Rialto bridge and Gill pointed out lots of places of interest along the way. We had a lovely few hours exploring Venice and then Gill took us for one of her favourite snacks, a tramezzeni. It was a soft white bread sandwich (no crusts) with lovely mayonnaise. Mum and I had roasted vegetables and mozzarella on ours, yum!
Headed back to Gill and Nick’s for lunch with Nick. Another lovely spread of fresh produce (buffalo mozzarella included) with hazelnut wafers to finish (mum and Nick’s favourite).
Headed out for another walk after lunch to see St. Marks square. We did 23 000 steps today so it was a big one! Found some more lovely presents in the glass shops then headed home for showers. Went out again for spritzers at Gill and Nick’s favourite spot and then headed home just before the storm hit (same time as last night). Gill made us a beautiful Mediterranean pasta which I’d heard a lot about from Alastair and Bini and then we relaxed with grapes and biscotti for another good chat.
Another lovely day in Venice, thank you Gill, Nick and Marty. Xx
I won't even ask what Marty is doing in the first photo!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I can't believe Nick shared his hazelnut wafers with - you are truly honoured.
Thanks for doing such a great job on the blog both of you - it's almost as good as being there with you (well, not really.....).
Al xx
We're glad you're reading it! So looking forward to James' 21st!!xxx
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