Day 12- Last day of Venice

Day 12 Sunday

Up and adam early in the morning, we were off to the Guggenheim Museum that was actually very close to our hotel. The Peggy Guggenheim is a beautiful museum with magnificent location on the canal, where in the past, people attending the museum would arrive by water, and greeted by Peggy herself. Surprisingly, Peggy was a vivacious yet narcissistic woman with many lovers. She was blessed with one child who she named Peggen…pronounced similarly to “Peggy.” In the museum there was one room dedicated to her daughter who committed suicide once she discovered her mother in bed with her husband (pretty juicy..huh?) Peggy lived a life as a constantly changing artist, experiencing new things, producing beautiful creations and providing support and guidance to other artists. In the museum we were able to see many pieces by Peggy, but also some by other artists, and some of Peggy’s apprentices. Even more beautiful, was the view from the Eastern side of the museum where the water comes right up to the steps. We were able to see gondolas pass, large fishing boats, water taxis, and floating sea gulls riding the waves.

After the museum we went shopping for more jewelry and gifts, grabbed some pizza (again, blahh I’m so sick of it) and returned to the hotel to proceed with the multiple transportation routes we needed to take to get back on the bus. Once we returned to the warm large buses, started to de-layer, I cuddled up to Gail and got in another nap!