Getting to Venice, not for the weak kneed. ..

Starting from Slovenia,  getting on the highway for the first time,  who knew you needed a pass in advance.  After blowing through two pay toll areas with no way to pay,  at area number 3 we stopped in the truck lane.  Bothering the young lady on her cell phone,  she informed us that the fine was $300 but if we bought the 15 euro pass and quickly put it in the window we would likely avoid the fines.  We bought it of course! Quickly sticking, and accidentally tearing it, onto the passenger side windshield,  we discovered it couldn't be torn and it couldn't be on the passenger side. At the 4th toll, we tried to explain this to the 18 year old reading his book and he wouldn't talk to us,  just waved us through aggressively.  Time will tell if the "man" tracks us down and charges us for the innocent offenses.
Then the parking garage in Mestre, then the train to Venice, then the water bus to our stop, then prayer our host,  Lorenzo,  would find us in the crowd.  He did, praise the Lord, and we are now relaxing  in our room watching the tour before we head out for a well earned dinner in Venice!