We really hit the ground running when we arrived in Venice, which is easier to do when you’ve been able to catch some Z's on the plane, and we've covered a LOT of ground on foot over the last couple of days. Today there was just a little more shopping time before we bid farewell to the delights of Venice. Did I mention that we were in Venice for the Black Friday sales? We don't have this sale in Australia but apparently it's big in the States and is spreading around Europe too. It celebrates the first shopping day after Thanksgiving and marks the start of the Christmas shopping time. I am very happy about this sale to the tune of a gorgeous leather back pack, thank you America for this shopping trend!
Today we packed up our happy in our old kit bags and smiled our way to the Alilaguana, the boat that was to take us to the port and our home for the next seven days - the Costa Luminosa.
It’s sad to leave and at the same time the idea of the next leg of our journey is very enticing, come along with us as we bid an evening arrivederci to Venice ...
I love cruising. I haven’t done a lot but what I have done has been enormously pleasurable. And we are not slumming it on this trip, not one bit. We have a suite right at the pointy end of the boat (ship, I am supposed to call it) with our own butler and all the trimmings.
We also had priority boarding, it is really awesome being waved to the head of the queue – a very celebrity life style, about which I feel no guilt and from which I will squeeze every ounce of pleasure.
No celeb treatment for the mandatory emergency procedure drill though. We arrived at our designated rally point, replete with life jacket fashion accessory, were lined up in orderly, extremely compact (no personal space required in evacuations) straight lines (which I'm sure is how it would go if this wasn't a drill) ... waited, waited, waited, drill, drill drill in Italian (then English). Officially educated in on-board safety we were dismissed to begin getting into holiday mode. MGM said we have access to a very swish restaurant, I thought how swish is swish?...
it's this swish
I won't post pics of all the meals (it would be too cruel to you dear reader) but I just have to share my first meal with you.
octopus and olives
grilled prawns
Oreo creme
It was a long and happy day so then I kissed Michael and went to sleep ... for 12 hours!
There are too many things to love about this post! The beautiful night Venice, the swish restaurant, you have a butler, the Jane Eyre reference, the sweet sign off. You’re killing us with awesome.
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