"We'll be there in a trice, my dear," Tyki purred, snuggling her a little closer as the lights grew nearer.

He touched down in the Piazza San Marco (http://www.bestpriceart.com/vault/wgart_-art-c-canalett-3-canal306.jpg) and gently let her go, offering her his arm once more in a gentlemanly fashion.

"I do believe there's a lovely little restaurant just a short distance away," he said. "Shall we take a gondola or walk the bridges?"