What a New Year's Eve!

WE HAD HIGH hopes for New Year's Eve this year.  In the midst of a seven-country little road trip we were excited about how we might spend the final few hours of 2011: Listening to Mozart along the banks of the Danube in Vienna?  Eating fresh pasta in Verona, home of Romeo and Juliet?  Nibbling on panettone in the main square in Venice?  We had lots of options, but finally ended up here:

Get ready...

Take-out Chinese at the Padova, Italy Hotel Campanile.  Ringin' in 2012 with Style!
Photo: December 31, 2011, 11:26 pm.