Our path to Vienna took us from Venice north. The last major town before entering the mountains... time to stop, take a walk, and eat something was Udine. The city is not mentioned in any of the tourbooks we have and certainly not in the Jewish tourbook. We parked close to the old city ("Centrum") and walked towards the cobblestone streets. There, in the center we found many German-speaking tourists and many high-quality shops. We also found a few lovely piazzas and a big museum a the top of a hill. When we climbed to the top facing the other side of the city, there, in the wall was a plaque to (one of my "culture heroes") L. L. Zamenhof, the inventor of Esperanto!
The view out our "front" window the morning we woke up outside of Venice (yes, that's the city in the background):
Mark had a cup of coffee at one piazza. "American Coffee". That means that they bring you a big cup with a tiny amount of very strong coffee in it (espresso?) and, beside it a little pitcher of very hot water. You cut the coffee yourself by adding the water.
Later, Debbie asked and found the best Gelateria in town.
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I've wondered what "Via Cavour" means. I've seen such a "way" in a number of towns we've been in.
I learned later while reviewing the Web site and checking a site about Bicerin in Turin. There it reported that Cavour would frequent the shop.Aha! a real person.
The gelato was, indeed, very good. The best of the four flavors she had was a chocolate-orange (with chips of orange and chocolate in it). While we sat on the steps of the building opposite the gelateria (from which the photo is taken), a clown worked for coins and later a couple of Slavic (Russian?) musicians set up their keyboard and guitar, right beside where we were. We got up and danced under the arcade behind where the musicians sat as they played I'll Have It My Way.