theatrical_muse - Photo Challenge

[i_vanquish_evil]

[AU Van Helsing responding today]

Ah, Venice. It was home for quite some time. Right after Chicago, which was right after Sydney. I move a lot. If you couldn't tell. I liked Venice, actually. Even on foggy mornings. I could stand on my little balcony and look across the canal, wave to the little old lady who was up earlier than I was - which is saying something - and have my coffee. Venice is beautiful and my quaint little apartment is just enough for me.

Even better was the time I took Stephen there. I think we scared the little old lady across the canal. (I'll let you imagine how.) There was one night we spent just sitting on the couch, drinking wine and listening to the gondolier singing Ol Sole Mio - of all things (it's for tourists) - in one of the canals outside and talking. Telling each other little things that would seem unimportant at any other time, but since we had nowhere else to be, they were the most important things in the world - to us. And we were happy. First time in a long time for me, actually.

I miss it. Venice.