The deed is done

[susie_flo]

Eeeeeeeh!  Around midnight last night G and I booked an apartment in Venice.  In the end we went for this one for 7 nights. 

Please do not, under any circumstances, attempt to show me a better apartment that we could have had.  I might have to killl you.  (In the 5 hours preceding this booking, I think we may have looked at every single apartment in Venice.  We ended up like mouse-clicking automatons, muttering "Too Expensive/Not Available/Too Outskirty/A bit Meh/No Kitchen Facilities/Terrifyingly bling/No Canal Views/HIgh risk of seeing Elton John...")

For me, the only non-negotiable was decent light with at least one window looking onto a canal, which instantly rules out BILLIONS of places.  G's was that it must have a proper kitchen (as opposed to a kitchenette 3 feet away from the bed).  I think what we've ended up with will be perfect, even if it does have a scarily chromatic bathroom and two sprog-beds that we don't need...

We're going on 5th March, which will overlap with the carnival by 2 or 3 days.  Have any of you been at Carnival time?  If so, please send tips.  What bits are worth doing/seeing?

Today I'm trying very hard to focus on work but I keep being distracted by the relentless frisson of excitement.  Roll on March...

Best of all, lovely sara_lou  and rosamicula are going to provide live-in kitten love while we are away, which means I can relax in the knowledge that tortitude will reign supreme in my absence.

Ok, that's it.  I will stop now.  It's out of my system.  I promise there will be no more annoying posts about my holiday plans for at least a week.

Comments

[sushidog.livejournal.com]

Oh, it looks amazing! I am deeply envious, and look forward to hearing all about it!

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

I am envious of my future self! (Though I really must stop thinking of it in doom-laden style as my "last hoorah")

[kissmeforlonger.livejournal.com]

That looks lovely!

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

It does indeed. (I hope it lives up to expectations in the flesh).

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Ooh, it looks absolutely glorious! And at carnival time, too - woo! I don't have any tips for the latter, but I'm sure it will be brilliant. Looking forward to your photos.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

I hope I can get some good snaps of the carnival, though I'm not very good at action shots.... (need more practice!)

[steer.livejournal.com]

No canal view? In venice? Does it not have a window?

Looks nice and handily situated for a number of things.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

This one does have canal views, but loads of the apartments seem to be situated at the rear of the buildings, overlooking rooves and courtyards.

A lot of them are utterly stunning... but I reckon staying in Venice with no canal view would make me sad.

[lazy-hoor.livejournal.com]

Oooh that looks gorgeous!

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeeeh! (sorry, I keep doing that)

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

I read that too! To be honest we're expecting it to be quite a tacky affair... but I think we'll just throw ourselves into the spirit of things and enjoy it while it lasts. (Failing that we can always escape back to the apartment and read a book until the seond half of the week!)

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tip. I doubt we will hire a car this time, but will bear in mind just in case.