John Robert Wiltgen ventured to Venice with nine of his friends and clients to attend the Il Ballo Del Doge in a 600 year-old Palazzo on the Grande Canal during Carnivale. This magical city was transformed, as if taken back 600 years in time, by the elaborate period costumes paraded down the walkways and across the bridges connecting every island that is Venice.
	Scenes from the street
Chicago real estate developer, William Senne (Senco Development Corp and Property Consultants) putting on the finishing touches.	The Countessa, Jean Wiltgen, is ready and waiting for her gondolier.	Chicago's First Lady of Sports, Thelma Krause, eagerly anticipates the Il Ballo Del Doge.
All dressed up and ready to go (from left to right) Thelma Krause, Jean Wiltgen, Teddy Rae, and Leslie Culley Senne.	All dressed up (with somewhere to go) seated in the front row is Chicago real estate developer William Senne, standing (from left to right) international award winning interior designer John Robert Wiltgen, IIDA, NYC Bill Butler, and from Lagune Beach, CA, general contractor Michael Rae.	We are excited with anticipation, masking ourselves as we take our Gondola to the Ball.
All guests attending the legendary Ballo del Doge on the Grande Canal arrive by Gondola or private boat.	Eve and her 9' long python greets guests inside the 600 year-old Palazzo.	The entrance to the Ball. Proper dress was required!