More later about our second Seder with Carlo and Laurie. Suffice it to say that it was a wonderful experience and Jews being Jews the world over, a third of the table felt we were going too slowly, a third wanted to make sure we did everything in the Hagaddah, and a third talked through the whole thing.
More also about cocktails with Mimi and Jonathan Todhunter. I'll just tease that Jonathan and Annie went fishing off the balcony of the palazzo into the Grand Canal to the amazement and delight of several boatloads of vaporetto riders.
Annie and I got up early to back to the Ghetto to meet up with a family we met at Seder: Ken, Nicole and their two girls. Hannah is 9 and Emma is 5, so they were perfect playmates for Annie. Ken and Nicole and I got acquainted over coffee while the girls played Monopoly for over an hour, then we headed out for lunch, then a traghetto ride across the Grand Canal (a 50 cent gondola ride that lasts about 90 seconds). Nicole is back at the apartment with the girls while Ken and I check e-mail. Going to check out an exhibition about the canals shortly; seems to be the only thing open culture-wise today.
A lovely light rain is falling on Venice today. A perfect tourist rain -- warm day, no breeze, so a rain jacket and umbrella keep us nice and dry as we admire the reflections in rain-slicked pavement and the patter of the raindrops in the canals.
More later!
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