Anniversary Vacation

Saturday and Sunday mornings we went to the local bar for a cappuccino and croissant. Monday morning we walked into the bar and the guy asked, "two cappuccini, and two croissants?" We felt like locals.

We checked out of the hotel and stored out luggage with the lady in lobby. Now we had 8 hours to kill before getting on the train to Paris. We walked around a bit until I remembered there were two more 'art' churches to see. We arrived at St. Stephen's just as a funeral was letting out. We saw the casket on a rolling platform in the middle of the campo. We waited a few minutes until we knew everyone has exited the church then we went in. The art was beautiful and it was free. Then we walked to St. Sebastian and saw the work of Paolo Caliari (Paolo Veronese), he did the whole place. 

Saint Sebastian Church

The Baptism of Jesus

From there we bought cheese and bread to add to the wine we had bought for the train to Paris. We picked up our luggage and took the boat on a 30-minute ride to the railway station. Near the station a restaurant found us, so we had dinner. At 19:00, we got on the train. 

In our stateroom on the night train to Paris

Our car wasn't labeled, so that took awhile to figure out. After we left the station at exactly 19:20, the porter came around to check our tickets and take our passports. The speaker in our  room was making a ticking noise, so I told the porter. That was a mistake. It started a comedy of a series of clueless employees trying to act like they were going to fix the noise which also kept us awake until 23:30. They never did fix it. If I had not said anything we would have been in bed two hours earlier.

At 5:00, the police came to our door to give us our passports. The people in the next room freaked out thinking they were being violated. By 6:00, the sun was up, so we got up, got our free breakfast, and watched the French scenery go by.