our first day in venice

After a long flight from New York we stepped off the plane and made our way to a taxi boat.  As we approached Venice, water splashing on both sides of the boat, all the tension from travel began to melt.  We arrived soon thereafter at our hotel, dragging our small suitcases behind us on the bumpy paved street.  One of us had two suitcases for Annabel was holding the instruments that she insisted on bringing on the trip, a guitar and a bass in soft cases.  We walked through the glass doors of our hotel, ready to start our adventures in Italy.  We rested in the room for some time, settling in. Then we took the kids out walking on the streets of Venice, keen to every sight and smell, and found a small restaurant right across from our hotel to eat an early dinner of lasagne, salads and pesto pasta.  The kids got along so well.  A successful first day.