Well, we made it into Venice at about 4:30 pm, seven hours later than originally anticipated. And since it was the Regatta Storica, we had to wait another three hours to get to our B&B. Not exactly what I was expecting. But as we learned in Italian class, Patienza Wayne, sei in Italia. Once we checked in everything was wonderful. The B&B is everything I imagined it would be. Venice is wonderful. We had a nice dinner Sunday night, and our tour on Monday was terrific. It's rained a little, but not enough to put a significant damper on our trip. All in all, everything is great so far. Tonight, Sue and I did the cichetti tour, were we ate cichetti (italian tapas) at several wine bars in Venice. We followed that up with dessert and dueling orchestras in Piazza San Marco. Tomorrow we head to the islands where they blow glass, make lace, and where the film festival is. We'll let you know if we see anyone famous.