Dinner in Venice

Venice was AMAZING. I can't believe I was actually there! It was just as beautiful as I had hoped. The first night we went into Venice from our campground via bus and it was really foggy. We got into the city and just decided to walk around and see how far we got. So we just started to head into the heart of the city. I got a bit ready to not be lost anymore and decided we need to go That direction to get to town. so in my mind we are headed straight for the heart of Venice. We start to see more restaurants and then we decide its dinner time. This one small restaurant had is manager/owner standing outside compelling people to eat. His magic worked on us and we sat down- he even talked us into the 4 course dinner special! So our waiter, a young Italian with super thick and slicked back black hair came over and chatted to us while we ordered. I ended up having spaghetti, chicken, fruit salad, and... a salad I think? We were then just sitting around visiting and watching people over the span of courses. Throughout this time a water taxi pulled up right next to us and the guy sort of made eyes at Jenna for awhile. All of the Italians seemed to really like Jenna- she kinda looks Italian to begin with and that might have something to do with it. Also, the manager guy was so entertaining. It was awesome to see him rope in customer after customer. People would actually just be waking by, not even looking, and he would start talking to them and before you know it they were inside with a napkin on their necks. I don't see how they could have no had dinner by the end of our meal (like 9) but he keep packin them in! Our dinner took a looong time to eat. I think it was 3 hours from sit down to check, but it was very good and had a pretty view of the canal. So at the end of our meal I'm like- We gotta run if we wanna make the 9:30 bus.- I was convinced we would need a water taxi because, like I said, in my mind we were in the heart of the city. We asked the waiter where the water taxi place was and he directed us right around the corner...hmmm and then we asked where the bus depot was and he said right around the corner... and Deanna and I were like no... the autobus... and he's like yea... and we kinda argued with him about it for a second and he got a bit frustrated ( not much just a bit) and then Jenna was agreeing with him. I was soooooo disoriented. So we began walking that direction and about... 100 meters up the street we turned and were exactly where we started the day. It was a bizarre feeling! Needless to say we made the bus :) They were having a toga party at the bar on the campsite and we stopped in for a second and then went back to our cabin and played rummy and hung out. It was a nice Venetian night.