On the bus ride to Venice, Tour Besties Jen, Bart and I discussed getting up early and watching Venice wake up. There were several others who expressed interest and sure enough, at 6:30 on our first morning in Venice, we had seven or eight people in the lobby ready to go. We officially called ourselves the Breakfast Club and started our adventure at a coffee shop. Thank goodness for Bart who is one of those guys with a map in his head and a good sense of direction. He gets oriented in a city faster than anyone I’ve met. Somehow he knew the location of a coffee shop as if he had lived there his entire life. He found a tiny place with a bar and about 40 square feet of space for the customers. One orders her coffee, drinks it there, then pays. After coffee, it was off to the Fish Market, as we thought that would be the most interesting place to observe. On the way, we saw several handcarts loading garbage and others loading laundry from the hotels (they have to ship laundry to the mainland, something I had never considered). We also saw several sweepers - guys with really long brooms - who are responsible for sweeping the streets.