The Venetian Iron-Man...aka A Fatty's Venetian Challenge

Well...it's my 2nd day in Venice and I LOVE it here!!! I travelled on the vaporetto at sunrise with the locals as they started their day. I walked and ate my way back to my hotel...then for dinner I walked back to where I had breakfast (at a cicchetteria in San Guglie) and almost literally ROLLED home! I feel like I did an Iron-Man for fat people. And I find that I am up to the challenge! I highly recommend going to the little cicchetterias and standing at the bar and sampling all that they have to offer...along with a glass (or 2) of the wonderful Venetian prosecco. Prosecco is Venice's answer to champagne...not as sweet as spumante, but not as dry as a French champagne. Sitting at an enoteca, trattoria or ristorante sounds (and is) like a wonderful way to experience Venetian cuisine, but for a more local, less heavy experience...not to mention less expensive...try a cicchetteria. Especially ones that are far, far away from the Piazza San Marco! The prices at or near the Piazza are criminal...for 13 euro I got 2 glasses of Prosecco and 4 or 5 different cicchetti (Venetian tapas)...in the Piazza or nearby, 13 euro won't get you a decent appetizer!!! Anyway...I am now pleasantly sore from all my walking...and I've worn off the uncomfortably full feeling I had after my ciccheti supper...now to sample those fresh strawberries (fragola) that I picked up at the market on my way home...Ciao a tutti!!!