This was a day of transition. We began the day in Venice waiting to get into the basilica where the outside looks like this Ahead of us in line were Jane and John from London, England.

Before we left town, Jane wanted to visit Giorgio Armani after which we waited at this view with our bags for our taxi to come. When he did, the sky was beautiful leading to an artistic image as we rode to the airport where we took the obligatory phone booth picture and ate ice cream (not gelato) from Haagen Dazs before heading to the gate and discovering that our flight was late. Though this didn't seem to bother Suzanne or Jane it seemed to make Sarah impatient. Benjamin was so intrigued by the dishwasher demonstration that he didn't mind.

After enduring the worst flight (bumpiness comparable to a horrible roller coaster and worse) that any of us had endured, we found ourselves in Barcelona roaming the Ramblas where the street people were out in force including the gilded twins and this clown who didn't realize he was posing for one of my phone booth pictures along with this one. This woman seemed to have the answer to today's question (but we didn't know the question) and these people serenaded us past the bird shop booths to the market where the fish was looking good today.

We lasted until dinner time, though we were all tired

We hope to be in better training for tomorrow night's dinner. Stay tuned.