Traveling and Evening one in Venice 4/17 and 4/18

April 17 United 900 to Frankfurt

Well I am in the air at last and my plan worked out except for one large glitch – I lost my camera and if that’s not bad enough I attached very good zoom lens in second bag and wouldn’t you know that as I was going from eating place and getting it all together I thought to put the zoom in my carry on and I didn’t. So what happened? I went to bathroom and put the camera stuff on a hook and left without it. When returned of course it was gone. I called PD lost and found and saw officer who took a report. I even sent email to lost and found. It would be soo nice if someone honest found it and then returned it to the airport. I like to keep that thought and I lost my camera. I did bring small digital – I really like the digital slr Pentax that’s gone now. Nothing to do just to let it go.
Otherwise all is well here in the air. In 9 hours Im in Frankfurt and then on to Venice. Maybe I can buy a camera there? Moving on from this mishap something really funny happened going through security – they stopped the progress of my smaller bag – I took both bags through with nothing checked. So he says – “you have yoghurt?” Im surprised and I say “Yes I have yoghurt”. He says “ You know you are only allowed 3 oz – I didn’t know that and I even checked with airport and she said “Yes you can bring your yogurt”. So he has my bag with its many pockets looking for my yogurt and I try to help to open a pocket and he says “I cannot let you touch the bag”. Then he finds it the prize and looks at label and tells me its over 3 oz – maybe its 3.2? – and I say Then I just told him to throw it away. Ridiculous strategy for defeating or preventing terrorism – going after yoghurt
Now Im in Frankfurt – couldn’t use phone and met a lady here with a phone from US and I called hotel – the lady there Marina wants me to call her when I get to Ca Doro – and I have no phone. However I got into Tmobile here at airport cause I had an old account.
My camera is gone and I am really sorry and my bags are here and so am I
Later…

4/18 in Venice

It was not easy to get here after plane landed – I took this Alilaguna water boat for 6 Euro and they gave me various instructions how to get to Ca Doro – and when we got to Fondamenta de Nova I learned it was 5 min walk – my bags are heavy. Thanks to my lifting weights and athletic life. Then came another issue – I had to call the woman who owns hotel and the apt and my phone doesn’t work – I couldn’t use pay phone. Got two different people to help me and in short her son came to get me by Vaporetto 1 near Ca Doro. We walked and then I realized I can get lost getting back there each day. This is not SF or NYC or life in a 4* hotel. Im really in Venice life. So then there is this strange key and the door out and in has to be locked and locked. It took me half hour to leave the place later knowing I can open the locks. Anyway I have to get to hotel tomw to pay for the apartment.
The apartment is very far from an old villa and its okay. Phone line doesn’t work for dial up – I don’t know how to turn on stove – someone left me this zippo lighter. Anyway I got my box that I sent and put everything carefully away and charged Palm that doesn’t work as a phone and Mac since I brought adapter plugs for Europe. Showered, washed some clothing and left. I will wait for going to hotel tomw. After all this when I got outside I was so moved –here I am in Venice and it’s the real Venice – Its beautiful and old. Soooo sorry I lost my camera!
Now I decided to buy phone and was walking cross Rialto Bridge and came upon this internet station so here I am…..
Well Blogger is in Italian so I hope this works
Forgot to say that while walking to Ca DOro to call the hotel went to small espresso and pasticceria and it was a marvelous Espresso - the best! Cost less than 1 euro. euro + $1.30 usd