Venice, Italy: Day 3

I awoke at 10:00 am the next morning. I decided early on that my final day in Venice was going to be a day of relaxation after the hectic Carnival the day before. There is nothing more tiring than parading around dressed as a dead author and getting crapped on by pigeons. I had the usual croissant with coffee for breakfast. Afterwards, I walked along the canals while searching for my next stop.

Then I found it. It happened to be Harry's Bar. It so happens that Hemingway himself visited the bar a couple of times. I settled on ordering the house specials for a sort of lunch. I ordered a Carpaccio dessert and a famous Bellini to drink. Both items were rather tasty. My tab ended up being somewhere in the range of $41 (www.tripadvisor.com).

By the time I made it to Piccolo Mondo, it was after dark. Piccolo Mondo functions as a club at night, and is frequented by young people (www.tripadvisor.com). While I was at the club, I applied my Hemingway-esque mannerisms once again, and I managed to make a couple of new, and quite good-looking, "friends." Unfortunately, I had to leave them because my plane, routed for Havana was due to leave soon. My route included a temporary stop in Cancun; the cost of flying to Cancun was $1581 with America Airlines (www.expedia.com). From Cancun, I took a flight to Havana with a ticket price of $341. Apart from switching planes in Cancun, I slept the whole way there.