After 2 years in San Diego

On the 3rd day, first they took me to Villa Manin,  a villa of Doge of Venice.  The  Doge   of Venice was the  chief magistrate  and leader of the  Most Serene Republic of Venice  for over a thousand years.   The  Republic of Venice  existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century until 1797.   I heard Napoleone  was also there. I was before 9:30 and still closed, so we just moved on. Then, I was taken to bazaar where his parents often come to get antiques. Here Prosciutto San Daniele is famous so we all had its panio. It had a great smell. Of course,  proschiuto di Parma is most famous, but this can rank as second.  Then, only me and my bf headed for Trieste by car, which became my favorite place in this trip.  It was about a hour of drive. Suddenly the beautiful sea appeared.   We parked in the city of tr...

All woke up around 8 and had first breakfast together! I had yogurt, caffe lungo(american coffee), and chocolate croissant (un cornetto). And then, I took about 1 hour and a half to prepare myself. So we were a bit late to go out. We were heading to his relatives' houses. First, they took me to nice small town called Asolo. On the way, his father explained me about historical river called Fiume Piave. According to Wikipedia, The  Piave river  begins in the  Alps  and flows southeast for 220 km into the  Adriatic Sea  near the city of  Venice . In 1809 it was the scene of a  battle  during the  Napoleonic Wars , in which Franco-Italian and Austrian forces clashed. In 1918, during  World War I , it was the scene of  Battle of the Piave River , the last major  Austro-Hungarian  attack on the Italian Front, which failed after costing Austria-Hungary nearly 200,000 casualties. The Battle of the Piav...