Come to my winery...

This story begins as a Shakespearean romance. At first the characters are lost but, in the end, they come together for a happy ending.

It starts out on the streets of Venice, our four heroines running through the narrow streets and convoluted canals that make Venice magical. Each wrong turn gets them farther from the last chariot to take them back to their island. Finally, with the bright light of the moon reflected off the water by the port, they thought they were saved. Alas, the tail lights of the lastboat burned in the night as it floated away carrying their hopes of sound sleep with it. The girls had missed the last boat to their island. With defeated hearts and heavy feet, the girls waited for the next boat, hoping it was going where they needed to go.

In the mean time, a man and his daughter stepped on the dock and one of the four girls brightened. The family was speaking french, something the girl new a little about. The family was versed in several languages, in fact, one being English. Our heroines began to talk to the family about their fairytale life, and how the daughter has lived in Milan, Paris, Venice, and not to mention their home in Florida. They talked of the wine they made and how it was sold all over the world. They talked of their winery on the island the girls were so desperately trying to get to. They also gave the girls the exciting info that they would indeed make it back to the island, and offered a ride to save their worn feet. The four girls and the two daughters were alive with chatter in the back of the three wheeled vehicle. The daughter was only 13 and it felt like she had lived 1000 lives.

Once we had returned to the hostel, the daughters asked their father if we could go to lunch on the winery, which he replied in French spiced English, the girls would like you to come to lunch tomorrow. The four girls, never refusing wine, said they would love to and headed of to bed with dreams of vineyards and delicious food. The end.

Our next chapter begins in Rome which we leave for tonight. Buona sera!