As we are solidly counting down the days to our next trip, I’ve enjoyed going through our photos, and this one gets me every time. Smiles all around, as we were both secretly exhausted, but couldn’t complain, as after all, we were on our way to Venice! What is not shown here, is the walk out of the train station, into the city, when someone was finally kind enough tap my arm, and pointed out to me that I had tucked the back of my dress into my tights! Absolutely mortified, I turned to my charming husband, and asked him how on earth he didn’t notice?!?! The girl saw my apparent embarrassment and was so sweet. There was a slight language barrier but she laughed, took my hand, smiled, and said that she would hope someone would do the same for her. I remember feeling so far from home, but in that moment, I was reminded that kindness is all around us, and that is a beautiful thing. Not to mention, a little humility from time to time is good for the soul. It also made for a good laugh after a couple glasses of wine later! It had to have been that way for hours, we switched trains twice!