Venice, Day 2, Part 2

We walked back out, then went to go find lunch. As the guidebook recommended we were prepared to get lost, but guidebooks that don't label all the streets are kind of setting you up to get lost. Lunch was across at least 5 bridges, but we finally found it. I ordered a "Fantasy Salad," which was delicious - radicchio, garbanzo beans, cheese, peppers, and a million different other bits of deliciousness. Mr. D had ordered a salad and then a pasta for us to share, which NEVER came. We sat waiting, thinking it was going to show up, but after 20 minutes, cut our losses and asked for the check. When it finally came, the pasta was still there, so we pointed out that it never came. This made our waitress extremely upset - with us, for some reason. She stormed off to ask the other waitresses why they hadn't brought the past, but figured out that we hadn't received it. Mr. D pulled out the credit card, at which point she shook her finger at him, "No, no, no." Venice was, by far, the city where we spent the most cash; the only place we went that took credit cards was the train station, thank goodness.

After lunch, we went to the museum across the square from the cathedral, and then back to St. Mark's for the tour (again with a podcast - we were the doofiest looking tourists ever, maybe).

That night, we had one of our most entertaining dinners, which was a pub crawl of different cichetterias, which are tapas-style restaurants. Order a drink for a few euro, then order a mini-panini w/ fresh salami or prosciutto with cheese for 1.60 euro. Or maybe you want a drink and an arancini (fried risotto ball) or a polpetti (meatball). Very delicious, and entertaining at the same time.