Oops . . . Now in Vienna

So this whole blogging everyday thing fell apart very quickly for two reasons.

Reason number one: Matt wouldn’t let me stop walking. As soon as he arrived it was a non-stop walkathon. “Look at this church,” Matt would say, “now let’s look at this one on the OTHER SIDE of the city.” Then we would walk about a block and a half and get lost. We had a most fantastic tour of the myriad dead ends of Venice.

(Matt would like to here indicate that this is in fact not true, and would further like to point out that we spent plenty of time on all kinds of boats, and waiting for all kinds of boats, and sitting at the wells in every piazza and campo in Venice).

Sure every once in a while I would prevail upon Matt’s sense of mercy to allow me to sit on any available surface. Lucky for me the water fountains of Venice are not only easily located and make great seats, but they are of great historical import and require close inspection by the truly dedicated traveler.

(Matt would now like to point out that Gaby’s idea of “prevailing upon my sense of mercy” is just sitting down and refusing to move. Also sometimes demanding foot rubs.)

Compounding the issue, my once cushiony comfy Dr. Scholl’s foam inserts (no gel insoles on airplanes or the terrorists win!) completely crapped out. The first two days in Venice were wet and rainy, and though I did not experience sloshing through acqua alta I was introduced to each and every puddle that could be found on Giudecca as I searched for a supermarket. My only pair of shoes were soaked for two days straight and, combined with my feet pounding on hard cobblestones, Dr. Scholl decided that the doctor would be out for the remainder of the trip. Given this information, one could easily understand my utter exhaustion at the end of each day.

Reason number two: Our hostel had spotty internet access. No reason was given just that every couple of days the internet would stop working for a couple of more days. So out of the six days I was there we only had internet access for two days.

Theoretically, wi-fi should be easier to get here in Vienna so we’ll try to do better. Meanwhile I may backdate some posts that I meant to have up earlier.

Love,

Gaby and Matt