We arrived in Venice just before lunch, after a day at sea. The sun was shining and the view from our stateroom window revealed a Venice in all its summer glory. The tiles on the Doge's Palace were glistening and the trees were in full bloom. The hardest thing was to chose what to do or where to go. We have visited Venice in Winter and the difference is amazing, the number of tourists triples, as do the street vendors and gondola's. Today we had our walking shoes...

It is time to leave Prestento, this is always hard for Robert, he is surrounded by relatives, which is an enjoyable experience for this only child of solo Italian migrants. He has his Australian god parents, but they italians that befriended Elda on her 3 month voyage to meet up with Carlo. Robert is close to them, we love then dearly, but the magic of Prestento and the beauty of Cividale pulls on his emotions. We left, travelled the autostrada to Venice with Mau...