Hit the road, Jack...

... But I hope they come back some more, some more, some more, some more... at other points in their lives! I'm sure the seeds of Venice have been planted in those who are seeing it for the first time, and being re-planted in the others who are here a second time!

It's 8:00 AM, Monday morning, and our phones beeped thirty minutes ago for our daily wake up call. I was already awake even though it was another late one last night, and I'm once more sitting in the caffe across the street enjoying my second very delicious cappuccino Again the day has dawned bright and cool, but not cold. According to my friends Carlo & Luigi, who left for Rome yesterday just after San Marco, the weather for the region is forecast to be very good. I hear it's cold and windy in New York. Here it's almost spring-like, particularly in the afternoons. Venice I think tends to be warmer since the sun reflects off the water all day thus shining almost twice. I'm not sure what it will feel like in Cremona which is inland.

Regardless, we all look now to the next leg of our journey: the bus to Verona today, then on to Cremona tonight. Milan tomorrow for the day including our dinner, then Cremona on Wednesday: the house & workshop of Antonio Stradivari, and our second and final performance that evening at 9:00. Thursday we're off to Milan's airport and back to NYC.

I'll be in touch with you all.
Ciao!