"Of all the places where the Carnival
Was most facetious in the days of yore,
For dance, and song, and serenade, and ball,
And masque, and mime, and mystery, and more
Than I have time to tell now, or at all,
Venice the bell from every city bore,
and at the moment when I fix my story,
That sea-born city was in all her glory."
~ Lord George Byron

Just drop me off at the Accademia Gallery and the Marciano Museum, please. *dreamy sigh*