I slept for many hours, which ate away a large chunk of the morning. In the afternoon, Ulrika and I walked down to the zatere, bordering the Giudecca canal, and sat in an outdoor cafe for an hour or so. There was some sort of big "doing" afoot, since as we watched, the parade of humanity began to look increasingly spruced up.. (And naturally all of this occurred on the one day I did not have any sort of camera at hand). Women in long formal gowns, or shorter dresses, accompanied by well-suited men, walked around our viewing station... providing us with much to comment upon. We became the Joan Rivers and Melissa of the Dorsoduro. Eventually the fashion show people all moved to two large boats which I suspect would take them to some outlying island for a wedding. Personally, I had never before seen so much obviously couture clothing; it was like one giant art show which could be viewed by sitting on one's derriere while sipping a Gin and Tonic. Perfecto!!
We had booked a dinner reservation for the reputedly good Al Casin dei Nobili, so at 7:30 we had a fine seat in their coveted outdoor section. I was accompanied by Mary and Lilian; Ulrika had other plans. Dinner was very good, although certainly not cheap.
Tomorrow my friend Dawn will get here, and we have all been much anticipating her arrival.
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