dizzojay | Happy Post: Ten go mad in Venice (Reply)

It's been a fabulous few days, with a trip to Vencie which included me having a birthday there, then a train journey down to Rome for Jus in Bello convention.

I got back to the UK on Tuesday, and I'm still easing myself back into real life!

This post will focus on my Venice trip because i haven't scanned my JIB photos yet, and if I posted everything here, you'd probably die of old age before you finished reading it!
So a trip to Venice was exciting because I'd never been there before, and having a birthday in Venice was awesome. And having both of those things surrounded by great friends was priceless!

I was in Venice with

amberdreams

heavenli24

herminekurotowa Natalie, Chris, Ma Lou, Stephanie, Wendy, and Monica. We all arrived a different times and from different places, but by lunchtime on the 1st of April we were all reunited!

On 1st April, a trip to the Basilica San Marco and the Doges Palace was the order of thr day. I can honestly say, it's the first time in my life i've been in a torture chamber on my birthday but hey, life is full of surprises right??

While we were there I fell in love with these beauties!

And this is the Doges Palace - very understated, right?

After the visit, I was hoodwinked into going back to someone else's apartment to get my birthday present, and when I got back to the main apartment I was sharing with six others, they had set up a birthday scavenger hunt for me, and the prize was two photo ops for JIBcon!

In the evening, we all went out for a birthday meal, and felt like a very blessed dizzo!

It was a beautiful night, and night sky over the lovely castle opposite our restaurant was gorgeous!

Walking through the medieval streets of Venice with great frends was so special. It was wonxderful, but my God, did we walk!!! I'm not sure my feet agreed - I think I'm at least an inch shorter since I got home!

But never mind - here are a few photos of Venice and our little bunch of miscreants!

On Thursday, we headed off to the railway station to catch a train down to Rome. We couldn't help indulging in a last Venezian gelato before we left...