Day 5---7/29

Today we had to say goodbye to Prague. We enjoyed a walk through the city and pastries for breakfast before being picked up at 10:30 for our 1pm flight.



Our Germanwings flight gave us a 2 hour layover in Colonge/Bonn, Germany. Perfect for Brady and me; we both want to add as many countries to our "been there' list as possible. And yes, airports DO count. :)



We arrived in Venice right after sunset....and after a day of rain, their skies were clear. We took a vaparetto to our stop and immediately got lost....in a good way. It didn't take long for us to figure out our way to our apartment and WOW, it was even better than we could have ever hoped. It's on the corner of 2 canals; we could hear the water and small boats passing.. Seriously, we have 6 windows bordering 2 canals! It's an amazing place, in a great area... I would highly recommend renting it if you ever visit Venice.

We decided to stumble over to the restaurant in our "backyard" (the other side of the canal from our bedroom), Restaurant Diana. We were seated for dinner at about 10:40pm. We were way too stupid and discombobulated to figure out what we wanted (beside the pasta courses) so our server helped us out. *****SIDE NOTE: YES, I have taken amazing pictures of every bit of food that has entered my mouth. And yes, I will post them just as soon as I can. Computer access is a lot iffy-er here than I expected.

Our server started us out with the house red wine (crappy but still delish...heck, we're in ITALY, for pete's sake!) and helped us choose a fish plater for our starter. It was HUGE and amazing. We had tuna and swordfish carpaccio, shrimp octopus, sardines and bakala. I had a "uhoh, gonna puke" moment with the bakala but besides that, everything was absolutely delicious.

After that, we were seved our pastas....AMAZING. We had gnocchi with gorgonzola and walnuts and spaghetti pomodoro...simple and delicious.

Our final course was the fish. OH MY. They brought out a platter the size of my suitcase and on it was a whole seabass and a whole flounder both of which he boned tableside. They were so good. I even ate the flounder skin....mmmm....crispy, like a fish potato chip. YUM! We were also served a monkfish in an olive and tomato sauce. It was our favorite...so good....words really can't describe it.

We were given a glass of limencello at the end of the meal. We didn't finish eating until 12:4o. It was expensive and delicious and one of my favorite meals of my life. My kids were so well behaved AND they tried EVERYTHING. I was so proud of them. Thinking about that meal, just the THOUGHT of it, will make me smile for the rest of my life. :)

What a way to start our short stay in Venice!!! Tomorrow we'll explore the city.....