The next few days were spent in Venice alone. I add alone only because I am traditionally a happy solo traveler. However, Venice is not really the kind of place you want to experience without that significant other…nevertheless, I had a great time wandering in and out of museums of all kinds, and visiting the small surrounding islands of Murano and Burano. I have to say that the prices of anything and everything were not impressive, and so as a desperate "budget traveler" I was unable to enjoy the otherwise lavish accessibility of everything tourist (unfortunately including both food and water). I loaded up with hard dinner rolls for breakfast and went for the rest of the day cursing each restaurant for their cover charge and overpriced entrees. Still, the scenery and beauty of the place well made up for my stabbing hunger pains, if only for small moments between growls.