Gondola Day

 Today was our gondola ride - it was not cheesy like we thought it would be.  Our gondolier was a chatty fellow - only in Italian - would hum and sing. The other couple riding with us were Italian and they were kind enough to translate some things - like that’s the house Mozart lived in 

The gondoliers are like a bunch of gossipy old women - chatting, laughing, giving each other grief.  Was soo funny to listen to it!

We stopped for lunch and it turned out to be a place for locals. In come several locals and gondoliers to have their lunch. Must say it was very good pasta.

Ps - Missy is a messy eater -

Look at the size of the macarons!

We walked around a bit and stopped to see the Bridge of Sighs - look it up - has an interesting story

Here’s an edit for todays blog

DINNER!

We wanted steak - needed a break from pasta and pizza -  we also didn’t want to have to take a long walk so happily the restaurant next door had fillet.  So off we go to Do Forno - we didn’t get seated in the front part of the restaurant - we think because we didn’t have a reservation -  we were lead out the back door - yes the back door to an adjacent building where we were seated.

Beautiful place - “real” professional waiters, very attentive, and nice.  Neither of us were starving so we decided to share a fillet and fries BUT Shan saw the Grand Marnier soufflé and promptly ordered it - as it takes about 1/2 hour to cook 

Ok so back to ordering - we ordered and a gentleman was seated next to us and he ordered a fish - so he gets to go to the seafood display and select the exact fish he wanted. -  funny sidebar- there was a live lobster in there that keep moving about - 

Shan and I are loving the meal - everything perfectly cooked - meat, veggies and the fries.  We finally get the soufflé - and OMG it was soo good. 

Here is a pic of a huge gun - 

We shared the soufflé and it was split up for us

So we are in heaven and talking about coming back tomorrow for dinner - that is UNTIL WE GOT THE BILL - €102. For basically one meal - so we both decided to skip it tomorrow.  But maybe we can just share the meal again instead of each getting their own ..  HMMM decisions, decisions, decisions!