Tuesday I had a day in Treviso to see the India exhibition which I enjoyed. It was very extensive, going through the religions, moguls and clothes. It was a beautiful day and I sat outside in the Piazza della Signori for a coffee. I was sitting at the front at the bar on the left.
After the exhibition I had lunch at a restaurant called Med. The river runs underneath and there is a perspex cover so you can see it.
Below it has come out from under the restaurant.
The tables were beautifully laid with different water glasses on each table. The bread, which I did not eat came in this bag. Other tables had thiers in different coloured ones.
I had canelloni stuffed with ricotta and prawns.
Then I was very naughty and had a vanilla cream with these tiny home made biscuits.
Saturday, despite the forecast of rain. It had been giving it all week but nne came and we had beautiful days, I set off for Padova. I love the Saturday market when it's bustling with people, even more so than during the week.
On the vaporetto to the station the sky was ominous, but the light on the water was amazing.
By the time the train left the rain was torrential. I got the tram up to the centre, had a coffee and took these photos of a sweet shop.
It was so attractive.
The mimosa is for International Women's Day which will be at the end of this week.
By the time I got to the market all the stalls had packed up and gone home! I trudged around trying to find a restaurant where I ate last year. By the time I did find it they were totally full. I made my way back towards the station calling into a department store for a loo stop. There I saw a suitcase as mine was damaged coming over but it was really too wet to try to get it back. I did want to go and see a new monument to 9/11, I saw it from the tram going up, but that will have to wait until another time. The tram was packed, but I am learning the Italian way with your elbows and getting on. I was soaked when I got to the station but luckily a train to Venice was 10 minutes late & I just got on. That too was packed & I stood most of the way home. I took off my hat, scarf and coat & water kept pouting from my hair. It was horrible putting my coat back on, the scarf went into my bag. When I finally got home I was frozen & it took ages to get warm.
That evening I was meeting friends for a Negroni. I got changed and was on my way out of the door when Caroline rang to say we should cancel. It was raining, windy, thundering and lightening. Definitely an evening to baton down the hatches and stay home.
We are going to have Negroni night this evening. Never having had one I'll report back.
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