At sea in the Adriatic

No pic today. I've tried and tried but the uplink doesn't seem to be working. I was going to post a funny statue picture with an erect penis, the kind of thing that doesn't faze anyone over here, but seems rather shocking to our prudish North American sensibilities. Our second day in Venice was lovely and we toured a museum and had lunch at a sidewalk cafe on Lido isle. We each had a sandwich (the most delicious Caprese - buffala mozzarella and tomatoes - on fresh crusty olive bread) and a soda. The soda was nearly the same price as the sandwich which I still don't understand, are cokes just for the rich over here? Today we're at sea dodging thunderstorms. There was an awesome window rattling one this morning that rousted us from bed. We all kind of took it easy today, going our separate ways (Serge and Bob had a little tiff last night, I blame alcohol, but neither of them seems to be able to let it go. So dumb, it all started with a shush.) and I read my book in the sun out on deck while listening to my ipod. We've been invited to a little past guest reception this evening before dinner, so we're getting dressed up a bit now for that. Tomorrow we'll be in Sicily and we're going to tour some picturesque little town called Taormina. Someone won sixty-two grand on a slot machine last night, why oh why could it not have been me. Every time I stick a twenty into a machine (only one per day) it's gone in about 3 minutes, bitter sigh. Nothing much else to report, we're on vacation blah blah blah. I hope you all are having a fine day. Oh wait, it's Monday isn't it? So, probably not then. (The days have lost all meaning for me here.)