Venice, Italy

       "The mere use of one's eyes in Venice is happiness enough."
                                    Henry James
                                    Italian Hours, 1873

       I remember asking a friend who'd been there, "What's so special about Venice?"  She responded, "Oh, my dear, it's an opera."  I knew I needn't ask more.  But I didn't really know what she or Henry James meant until Connie and I visited there.