Grand Canal
Dessert series! It was this coffee-chocolate concoction that was not quite a liquid but not quite a solid. Very good.
So we were sitting in the Piazzale Michelangelo, and we met our hero. She moved to Italy with her American boyfriend a few years ago, met an Italian man on vacation to Venice, married him, lives in Venice with him and their two children in the house he inherited from his parents, and occasionally teaches English. Talk about a great life! Then Erica got pooped on by a bird, which is actually a good sign in Italy. So maybe someday she will follow in the footsteps of our hero.
At the end of day 1 Erin, Erica, and I sat on a bridge, watched the gondoliers, and drank wine from water bottles. We found this place that fills up your 1.5 liter water bottles with good wine for 2 euro. Marvelously tacky.