Today we head off to Venice. I still do not have Internet connection so I am just typing my daily blogs and hoping that when I get to Venice that I will be able to find a wireless connection. I am writing this as we ride the high speed train up to Venice from Florence. I had another first on a train today, I ate in the lunch car of the train. Lunch was horrible but it was worth the experience. We actually have seats on this trip as well. Rick was wonderful and went to the train station early this morning, while the parents and I were shopping, to check on the status of the train. The train was actually full and we did not have seats, so Rick the wonderful Travel Agent booked us on an earlier train so we would have seats.

We have been traveling for a week now and I miss T-ko and Maddie. I did see a French Bulldog walking down a side street in Florence yesterday and I was tempted to run down there and play with her, but that was when my ass was sweating and chaffing, I didn’t think running would help the matter much. I really wish I could just travel with my dogs. I did buy Maddie a new Prada Collar. I found this collar online even before I had picked Maddie up from the breeder but I had not been able to find the collar in any of the stores in the US. It took a trip to Rome to find it. I think I am going to buy Virginia, the incredible lady that watches our dogs for us when we are away, a webcam and high speed Internet connection so I can always see them when I am away. It really is like leaving your children for what seems like way to long. Sometimes I wish my girls were ugly and mean, then I wouldn’t have to worry about leaving them.

I just took a quick video of our train ride so you can see everyone…..check it out for yourself.

Today is Chuck’s Birthday….we haven’t done anything big to celebrate yet, but I am hoping once we actually get in to Venice that I will be able to arrange something special during dinner. I am glad that he decided to have his Birthday so we could come on this trip to celebrate. Happy Birthday Chuckie!!

Arriving in Venice was incredible. I knew that the city was an island and that it had canals for transportation. I have been to the Venetian in Vegas so I had a vague idea. I was very awestruck though at the actual Venice. It really is beautiful. It seems that our trip just gets better each time we move to a new city. We took a water taxi to our hotel and it was very neat to see the doors of hotels and houses right at the waters edge. There really are no roads in this city, you either walk or travel by boat. We walked around the city and there are numerous shops selling Murano glass. What beautiful pieces of art. I love the blue glass and hope to find my own souvenir.