Higgins, a leading light in the international Hash House Harriers community and stalwart of the Brussels Manneke Hash House Harriers and Gonads (GOing Nowhere Always Drunk) said "Trust Us" and we did! The idea was that for Euro150 he would organise a trip abroad with flights and 2 nights in a hotel, a hash in the foreign city and a lot of fun - except our destination would be a secret. It sounded like something that was bound to go wrong, so I signed up for it immediately along with 14 other idiots.
The rumour mill soon started grinding out all sorts of possible destinations, but very soon we fixed on the idea that it had to be Venice - and there would have been a lot of unhappy hashers if it turned out otherwise. Fortunately for Higgins and everyone else the rumour mill got it right. Despite the destination not being quite the surprise it could have been there were a couple of surprises along the way. First of all we were told at Charlroi airport that two of our party, Half Monty and Dr PP couldn't make it. When we got to Venice railway station there they were along with 2 Aussies (Rubber Chook and Funny Chick Magnet) who we had said goodbye to 2 months previously waiting for us with a banner welcoming the BMPH3 Bible Study Group to Venice!
We all had an excellent time. Memorable highlights included wandering through an empty Venice in the dead of night with a couple of friends and having Piazza San Marco almost completely to ourselves as midnight was chimed out across the city - a real goose-bump occasion and one I am sure I will never forget. On Saturday we ran right across Venice from the railways station to St Marks Square through the lanes and over 26 bridges on a hash. We had a prosecco beer stop on the way and even took in a bit of culture as well - a great time was had by one and all.
See Forrest Gulps photos on http://public.fotki.com/BMPH3/2007/1/venice/
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