A Thousand Winding Waterways (and a timeless Tuscan treasure)


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May 23rd 2009
Published: April 13th 2012
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After my six-and-a-half hour train journey (sunday 17th May) from Munich in the south of Germany to Venice in the north of Italy (via Innsbruck in the west of Austria), I finally arrived in the fabled city of canals set in the middle of the Venetian lagoon; which is attached to the mainland only by a man-made strip of land six kilometres long and just wide enough for a highway and some train lines... Read Full Entry



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Venice's central boulevardVenice's central boulevard
Venice's central boulevard

Looking down the Grand Canal towards the Ponte degli Scalzi
Another side of VeniceAnother side of Venice
Another side of Venice

Looking towards San Marco from Santa Maria della Salute
Vaporetto viewsVaporetto views
Vaporetto views

Passing San Marco on one of the city's countless water taxis
Where Venice meets the seaWhere Venice meets the sea
Where Venice meets the sea

The beach at Lido Venezia - take one
Where Venice meets the seaWhere Venice meets the sea
Where Venice meets the sea

The beach at Lido Venezia - take two
Cooling offCooling off
Cooling off

Enjoying my first swim in the Mediterranean Sea
A view worth returning forA view worth returning for
A view worth returning for

Crossing the Grand Canal for the final time on my way to the train station
Cruising the causewayCruising the causeway
Cruising the causeway

Leaving Venice on the train
Tuscan treasureTuscan treasure
Tuscan treasure

View of Florence from Piazzale Michelangelo - take one
Tuscan treasureTuscan treasure
Tuscan treasure

View of Florence from Piazzale Michelangelo - take two
Tuscan treasureTuscan treasure
Tuscan treasure

View of Florence from Piazzale Michelangelo - take three
Elegance elongatedElegance elongated
Elegance elongated

The Duomo's Campanile
Siena's symbolic heartSiena's symbolic heart
Siena's symbolic heart

Palazzo Pubblico and Torre del Mangia
Siena's soulSiena's soul
Siena's soul

The Duomo
Scenic SienaScenic Siena
Scenic Siena

The view from Siena's Torre del Mangia - take one
Scenic SienaScenic Siena
Scenic Siena

The view from Siena's Torre del Mangia - take two
Scenic SienaScenic Siena
Scenic Siena

The view from Siena's Torre del Mangia - take three
Towering above the rooftopsTowering above the rooftops
Towering above the rooftops

Siena's old buildings tumbling down the hillside
Approaching duskApproaching dusk
Approaching dusk

Florence's Arno River in the late-afternoon sun
Tuscan sunsetTuscan sunset
Tuscan sunset

Close-up of sunset over the Arno River



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