Saturday
I don’t think any of us have ever slept so well and for so long. Bed has never felt as good. We got up at 9am and took advantage of a free boat ride through the Venice canals to a beautiful glass blowing exhibit.
Bear was very impressed by the glass horse that was made in front of our eyes in minutes that was more than a thousand degrees. I personally was happy with the good luck glass bead we received at the end.
A long stroll through the streets of Venice again today, this time through the parts where the locals live versus the more tourist areas of yesterday. We walked and walked and occasionally stopped in shops where we bought nothing. None of us are very big shoppers on trips but we like looking.
A delicious lunch on the water of pasta delmare, pasta porcelina and caprese salad again. Sought out the perfect gelato for dessert, a combo of lemone and cookies and cream this time.
Back to the hotel where we took a “taxi” to the cruise port to catch our ship. My boys made fun of me because I forgot that our taxi was a boat of course and so thought I was waiting for a car! Our strength is not travelling light so I am afraid to admit that the taxi almost sank with our multiple suitcases in it. How fun is travel anyways if you can’t change clothes three times per day?
Cruise ship-first time ever! Boarded pretty smoothly except for a luggage mishap-which I am SURE that Bear or Hubby will comment on in their future blogs so I won’t even go there. Some ping pong-shuffle board and getting organized in the room for the rest of the afternoon. We went to the magic show and then for a nice dinner where I had yummy Indian food (hooray for the 3 Indian cooks on this boat-wish you were here Chase??)
Sea sickness-not yet. Weird dizzy feeling and a bit off? Slightly. It’s a strange feeling to be shaking all the time..as I write this the whole bed is shaking! (get your minds out of the gutter a CHILD is here) So whole cruise sickness thing is TBD for the moment but it’s a weird feeling-sure we will get used to it. Bear and I feel it more than Hubby.
So the best part of this trip remains being with Bear. Even the beautiful sights of Venice and the ocean view from our bedroom don’t even come close to spending this quality time with our middle son. He is truly a pleasure; it’s like being with a really good friend. He converses, and laughs, and reads and relaxes. I crack him up most seconds of the day-by simply being me…it’s very strange. He is independent and roams the cruise ship and plays ping-pong alone for hours. He even attracted an Italian family to shuffle board and had a long conversation with them even though they did not speak a word of English or French.
Bear speaks of his brother and sister at home all the time and keeps saying” If Chase and Beauty were here we would do this. Or if Chase and Beauty were here, this would be so much fun!”He loves them endlessly. He says they are his best friends. We have realized on this trip how attached he is to his siblings and how grateful we are that they have each other.
But for now he is with his Mommy and Daddy and also enjoying us too. He is pretty impressed with his new short hair too-I think the windows and mirrors are going to break soon if he looks in them more often.
Now that we are unpacked and organized. I am feeling a lot more normal. My clothes are important to me and I like having them out of their suitcases.
