venice... charmed, i'm sure

Dear Diary,

The French Riviera was a joy, but those happy days are over!

we are in Venice, it is 1:15am, but we can't bring ourselves to go to bed... tonight, the lady and I are staying in the hostel from hell! an eight-bed dorm where the mattresses are bare (what's linen?), the pillows stained, the doorknobs fall off in our hands, there are mosquitoes and apparently bed bugs, and check out is at 10am aka in the middle of the night

We dumped our stuff and ran out the door to drown our sorrows in calzone and icecream. we just got back and are sitting on smelly sofas in the common "room" googling for new accommodation... ANYWHERE ANY PRICE! WE'LL TAKE IT , just get us out of here, if anyone wants me, I'll be sleeping inside my raincoat

until next time! xxx