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Shopping And Strolling
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It is the last day before we return home; time sure flies. There's a new couple at breakfast and another arrives later. It is definitely unusual to stay for a whole week.
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7. day. Shopping. Harry's Bar. Soccer match behind enemy lines. A wailing woman.

Eric
2005-12-08 19:38:51

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Shopping And Strolling

It is the last day before we return home; time sure flies. There's a new couple at breakfast and another arrives later. It is definitely unusual to stay for a whole week.

There's some last shopping to do. At a small local supermarket they sell mostly biscuits and dried pasta. We buy some grissini and a small round cheese. In a useless shop we buy a beautiful pen in Murano glass for my sister's birthday; soon she can practice calligraphy. In a cheese shop we buy Parmesan (1 kg) and Pecorino (½ kg). 27 € and he can close for the afternoon with a good conscience.

In a shop nearby we have seen dried Porcini (mushrooms) much cheaper than elsewhere. He also has a nice selection of grappa, and when I tell him it's for a friend he gets a special bottle from the window, however I think that more than 20 € is too much considering the other bottles are priced at 10-11. Then he remembers that maybe the price wasn't converted correctly from Lire to Euro and consults his pocket calculator. The price now drops to 14.90, and that seems fair. This is probably where I get an old 500 Lire coin instead of a 2-Euro. I don't check the change and the coins look alike. So he got the extra profit anyway.

Back home we store the loot in the minibar and then walk to Rialto, over the bridge and into the main post office. This palazzo used to be the head quarters for German merchants in Venice. There's a centre court with an old well and also an old 24-hour clock. The centre court is surprisingly large, but with a wharf at Canal Grande it has probably been useful.

We walk towards San Marco and the number of tourists and useless shops is incredible. Close to S. Mark's Square we find a semi-local bar, where we can get coffee and rest our feet. Here people smoke freely. This is illegal, but acceptance by the staff can obviously be used in the competition. My pipe ...