First, I must comment – the more I learn about Europe, the more I love it.  What a beautiful land rich in so much culture and history!  Italy is no exception.  It’s so incredibly beautiful and whimsical!  For the record, if there was somewhere in the world, other than Africa, that I’d LONG to visit, it would be Italy.  It really would. We started or journey with a ‘trip’ to Venice.  The place of looove. *wink*  We followed along with the study of Papa Piccolo through Five in a Row and used many of the concepts to introduce Venice through the eyes of a cat who lives along the Grand…