http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Padua/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Italy , Veneto , Padua en-us Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:08:29 BST Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:08:29 BST 13 September 2008Today we drove over to Padova Padua. The guide books indicated Saturday was market day which the kids expressed some interest in and Kylie was keen to look at the churches. With four different maps to reference we still found it difficult we had two versions of the city Centro that didn't quite give all the street names while the wider references didn't provided enough stre http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Veneto/Padua/blog-323186.html I woke up this morning unable to believe that we had come to the last day of this trip. The weekend simply flew by and as I finished up the packing it felt as though we had just arrived. What a difference the leaving was from the arrivingAfter breakfast we all went down to the coach and climbed aboard for the relatively quick journey to Padua. We drove through the less historic and less bea http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Veneto/Padua/blog-316696.html I slept in today and got up at 6.45. I had breakfast and packed my bags. We left the hotel at 8.30 and went to Padua. We visited the church Chiesa degli Erementani for a short time. This 13th century church was completely destroyed during the Second World War. Some of Italyrsquos greatest artistic artifacts were destroyed forever. The church was remarkably restored but it was still a great loss http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Veneto/Padua/blog-277174.html We awoke to another fog bound dayhellipso we set out on an adventure with Joan John Stone and Janet Carl Sten. We boarded the train in Mestre headed to Padua this was fairly easy and the ticket clerk was helpful. We headed to Padua to see Basilica di Santrsquo Antonio ldquoIl Santo.rdquoWe disembarked from the train and contemplated taking the tram or walking. The ticket clerk adv http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Veneto/Padua/blog-250441.html Day 10Drove from Austria to Padua ItalyTour Geox Shoe PlantFree time to look around PaduaDay 11Drive to VeniceFree time to look around VeniceTour the glass blowing factoryTour of VeniceGondola RideDay 12Leave PaduaVisit Ferrari plantDrive to Montecatini and visit an Alabaster shop and learn how people carve and color the alabaster stonesEat dinner with an Italian family and spend time http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Veneto/Padua/blog-190071.html Hello All I just heard from Molly and she asked me to post this entry for her she had written a large entry and was just set to post it and got booted off the computer It costs quite a bit to use the computer where she was so she didn't log back on. Molly is having a fabulous time and is now in Italy When she called home it was after 11 pm in Italy and 415 here. She wants you all to kno http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Veneto/Padua/blog-180551.html Padova's beautiful scenery includes Italian shoes Padova is a very old city with old bridges over canals and vine encrusted medieval city walls in the background. There are even some Roman ruins south of the train station. The city is situated along the Bachiglione River between Verona and Venice. If you find yourself wandering about that train station which can be a dangerous place walk sou http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Veneto/Padua/blog-162212.html So we went out for dinner last night to drown our my passport sorrows in good food but the place was closed. We made due and headed back. Slept. Woke up had breakfast free unlimited coffee while the night shift desk guy a very very touchy man.... Who doesnt like a hand on their shoulder while a stranger talks to them.... or for that matter a hand on their thigh as strange man wakes them http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Veneto/Padua/blog-137911.html There is one thing I do really appreciate about Italy my country everywhere you go you can find a piece of art. This Villa and this church were an unexpected surprise that my family and I found during a quiet walk in Padua's countryside. You can see an old private Italian villa. It was built in the 14th15th century and it has a tipical Renaissance style. The sequence of arches and columns give http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Veneto/Padua/blog-114051.html Today we are here in Padova representing the first time we have gone some place new in Italy. Since Friday we have been in Venice that was just as wonderful as the last time we were there and more comfortable. Yesterday we went on a wine tour of the Venezia Friuli region with the Collio wines mostly. These are wines grown on collinas or aka hills. Friuli produces many white wines and a f http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Veneto/Padua/blog-86704.html Serata grandiosa questa Siamo andati a far compere all'ipermercato per la grande festa di domani sera qua a Casa Arroganti Qui si che ce la spassiamo non certo come quei poveretti dei due Kebei che soffrono il caldo e si ritrovano a dover fagocitare kili di carneE abbiamo anche mangiato la pizza all'OktoberFest e la signora ci ha perfino offerto un sontuoso spritz dicendo Questo se lo sog http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Veneto/Padua/blog-36735.html Working on http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Veneto/Padua/blog-583.html Working on http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Italy/Veneto/Padua/blog-581.html