I had hard time keeping my mouth shut as I was laughing so much. But I’m in a studylibrary and have to behave
I want to tell you that I was able to get a copy of Chow Venice from swedish onlinebookstore! As my friend was coming to visit us from Sweden she ordered it and brought it over. If I would have ordered it from amazon or similar, it would have taken looooooong time to get it. But I was in the local store to ask for it- maybe they send in a order to you:)

I love your story about the tipsy, arguing couple. I don’t know what it is about Venice, but it seems to be a make-it or break-it town. I, too, have seen tipsy couples arguing late at night, while waiting for the last traghetti or backtracking through dark streets—lost, tired, with nobody in charge.

The last time I stayed in Venice with a husband, after a sun-drenched boat ride out to the Lido and back (wherein he refused to wear a hat), he threw up on the sidewalk during lunch at a restaurant on the Giudecca Canal. After he lay on the ground for awhile, with hundreds of people walking by, gawking, he took to his bed at the Pensione Accademia for the rest of our stay. I vowed to never again go to Venice with anyone; it spoils the magic.