Venice Flat

We haven’t really written much about the Venice flat.  It was very nice and  thought that we would provide a little more detail

On the Plus Side

  1. No Stairs
  2. Two real bathrooms where everything is together.  (IE. A toilet in the same room as the sink)
  3. Far from the personal space invading horde
  4. Twenty minute walk from St. Mark’s.
  5. Five minute walk from the Vaporetta stop
  6. Awesome drying rack for clothes
  7. Close to markets and restaurants

There are as always some interesting challenges in adjusting to European life.

On the Minus Side

  1. The anxiety inducing combined washer/dryer. While the Italian model is a step up from the Parisian model as it will open, it does have some issues.  It will allow one to wash and stop.  It is quite adamant that one can’t wash without drying.  If you try this, it gets all up in your face and washes the clothes again.  A total wash/dry cycle is 4 hours long.
  2. People walk along the path outside your room and talk really loud.  It is like they have to touch your house to turn the corner.  (Debbie doesn’t understand why they can’t walk in the middle of the street there are no cars).  They talk really loudly all the time.  This goes on all night.
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  4. The lady upstairs from Joyce cranks her clothesline in about 6 every morning and then cranks it back out with new clothes.  (Joyce finds this annoying)
  5. Roulette Showers – While the hot water was high in temperature, you never knew how long it was going to last.  All of our participants had at least one shower than turned cold mid shower.  This can be especially annoying if one is covered in soap.  One can either stand there and wait it out or take the icy plunge.
  6.   AND LAST but NOT LEAST – Mosquitoes.  

We had left the windows open because everyone else did.  We practiced opening windows sideways and from the top. We were ready.  The first day Debbie noticed that her arm itched.  That night a mosquito dive-bombed her kindle. (A clue perhaps?) The second day Debbie noticed that her arm and back were on fire when she got up.  After a mirror and some investigative work, she counted 17 bites (No, haters it was not bed bugs).  She knew it was more that one mosquito because if it was only one then that mosquito would be the size of a tennis ball and too heavy to fly.    Some of the others also confessed to bites.  After returning home for the day, the entire group went on a mosquito hunt.

First windows closed, everyone locked and loaded.  People conducted a room to room search for those bloodsuckers.  Everyone developed their own style.  Joyce was a spotter,  Larry popped with a towel, Greg, Jerry and Don were chair specialist.  Debbie clapped them in the air.  (Yes, she really did kill some with her hands. ) All together at least 15 kills were reported by the group.  Debbie did get a little intense about it constantly searching the walls and turning on lights in the middle of the night.  In fairness to Debbie, she did seem to be the most popular entree on the  5 star mosquito menu.  (She was worried that there was a trip advisor for mosquitos and she was in it.)

Once the mosquito population was brought under control, the group would recommend the flat.  Our current rankings are:

  1.  Venice
  2. Paris

 

 

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