Ciao everyone, it has been a while! Weleft Rome on the 22nd and headed North to a coastal town called Rimini. It was on the Adriatic Sea. The town was cute, it looked exactly like Amityville from the movie Jaws, very 1950's. There was a great boardwalk down on the ocean and beach umbrellas everywhere! The water itself was fantastice, very warm, and very calm and clear. It was like swimming in a lake. After 2 nights in Rimini we arrived here in Venice, and we thought we loved Florence but we LOVE Venice!! We saw a fantastic strings concert-a group of 8 professionals, they played Vivaldi in an old church and it was amazingly good. We have spent our days so far sight seeing and for the most part wandering aimlessly in the streets getting lost and loving it. The pictures you have seen of Venice just dont do it justice! It truly is a place unlike any other. Hope everyone is well! I will try to post one more time in Zurich before we come HOME. :) :)