Day Trip to Venice 16th May 2007

17 of us started out at 5am and arrived in Venice around 11 o’clock. We had booked water taxi’s which wizzed us to Saint Maria Elisabetta. We ambled our way to Lido di Venezia, the weather was glorious and the local people were very surprised to see us dressed in our Red and Purple. We attracted many admiring glances and compliments from both men and women. We enjoyed a glass of wine while we waited for our meal at Parco Delle Rose Restaurant. (Betty’s daughter owns and runs the restaurant).. The meal was absolutely fantastic, we were serenaded with live music, and everything was perfect. We said our goodbye’s to our hostess and made our way over to Saint Marc’s Square by way of the water bus. We then spent the next few hours enjoying the wonderful architecture and beauty of Venice as we know it from books and television. It was everything and more than many of us expected. We ended our visit enjoying drinks at a piazza café. We were treated like celebrities with so many people asking all about us, taking photographs and complimenting us for our fun attitude towards life. We arrived home around midnight and we all agreed it was a visit we would never forget.