Family Sabbatical TravelItaly TravelSpain This was a day of transition. We began the day in Venice waiting to get into the basilica where the outside looks like this ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110001 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110003 Ahead of us in line were Jane and John ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110002 from London, England.

Before we left town, Jane wanted to visit Giorgio Armani ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110004 after which we waited at this view ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110005 with our bags ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110006 for our taxi to come. When he did, the sky was beautiful ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110007 leading to an artistic image ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110008 as we rode ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110009 to the airport where we took the obligatory phone booth picture ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110010 and ate ice cream (not gelato) from ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110011 Haagen Dazs before heading to the gate ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110012 and discovering that our flight was late. Though this didn't seem to bother Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110013 or Jane ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110014 it seemed to make Sarah ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110015 impatient. Benjamin ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110016 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 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110017 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110018 and this clown ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110019 who didn't realize he was posing for one of my phone booth pictures along with ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110021 this one. This woman ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110020 seemed to have the answer to today's question (but we didn't know the question) and these people ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110022 serenaded us past the bird shop booths ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110023 to the market ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110024 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110025 where the fish ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110026 was looking good today.

We lasted until dinner time, though we were all tired ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110027 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110028 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110029 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110030 ../../../Sabbat/Pics/07.11.00VeniceToBarcelona//P7110031 We hope to be in better training for tomorrow night's dinner. Stay tuned.