Bye Bye Venice - I'm sure we'll be back sooner than I'd like

At 6:00 we had to meet back at the boat docks to catch our ride back to Mestre. At 6:00 hundreds of students on similar educational tours converge on this area to return to their cheapp accomodations miles outside Venice. Although our morning ride into Venice was quite comfortable, on our ride back we were crammed like sardines on to our rickety old boat. I kind of dozed off while Gail yakked away with some kids from another tour. Back at the hotel our rooms were actually cold since the a/c had been allowed to run all day. It was fantastic. We had another delicious dinner at the Spaghetti Club. Most of the adults started loosening up with each other. This was to be the first of many nights we sampled the cheap wines of the region we were visiting. I stuck with beer. I developed a real liking for Nastro Azzuro (blue ribbon) beer.