I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ITALY THIS WHOLE TRIP! FINALLY WARM WEATHER!! WE ARRIVED IN VENICE AFTER A LONG BUS RIDE. I SPENT MY BUS TIME LOOKING AT THE ALPS (GO FIGURE) AND LISTENING TO MY WORSHIP MUSIC ON MY IPOD...THAT HOW I SPENT MY SUNDAY MORNING :) I GET CHILL BUMPS WHEN I LOOK AROUND HERE. GOD IS SO GREAT AND ITS AMAZING THAT HE HAS MADE THIS BIG WORLD.   WE TOOK A BUNCH OF BREAKS ON THE ROAD TODAY AND I WENT IN THE NICEST MCDONALDS EVERRRRR! SO LEGIT. HAD A WHOLE SIDE OF THE PLACE WITH WINDOWS LOOKING AT THE ALPS! THEN WE GOT BACK IN THE BUS AND I FIGURED OUT THE BEST SLEEPING POSITION. WE EACH GET TWO SEATS SO IT MAKES THINGS EASIER. FOR SOME REASON RICHARD REALLY LOVES GEORGE CAMPBELL OR WHOEVER AND HE PLAYED HE LIVE CONCERT FOR US ON THE BUS....YEAH NO THANKS. I PUT ON THE IPOD UNTIL IT DIED. ITS RECHARGING RIGHT NOW. I WILL B PREPARED COME NEXT BUS RIDE.   BUT WE RODE A FERRY TO VENICE AND IT IS A SURREAL FEELING! FULL OF HISTORY AMDAND I CANT COUNT HOW MANY MOVIES I HAVE SEEN THAT TAKE PLACE HERE....I FOUND OUT THAT RICHARD ALSO HAS A LOVE FOR THE MOVIE ITALIAN JOB :) SO ITSIT'S FUN. SHOPS EVERYWHERE. MUR AND I WALKED AROUND BY OURSELVES TONIGHT AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THEY SAY NO DARK ALLEY IS ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER ALLEYS, BUT WE WILL SEEEEE. ON THE WAY BACK TO THE HOTEL, WE PASSED THE OPERA HOUSE JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AND WE GOT A KIND OF LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM THE OPERA SINGERS! THEY R ON STRIKE AND HAD A FEW DRINKS AND HEY WERE JUST ALL CHILLIN ON THE FRONT STEPS SINGING OPERA :) VERY ENTERTAINING. THEY WERE QUITE WONDERFUL. I THINK IT IS FUNNY THAT THE TABLE WINE HERE IS CHEAPER THAN NATURAL WATER...I DUNODINO WHAT THATS ABOUT BUT THANKGOODNESS I HAVE MY WATER CANTINE ;) SO I CANT WAIT TO SHOP AND EXPLORE THE CITY SOME MORE! I CANT SPELL GOODBYE IN ITALIAN. AREVADICHE? PSH! WHO KNOWS!