http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Italy , Veneto en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:04:53 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:04:53 +0000 When Henry Miller said about travel that your destination is never a place but a new way of seeing things he must have had Venice in mind. Being here transports you so out of the norm that it's like being in another world even another time.We arrived on the 20th to a cold and gray day with the temperatures in the low 30s and freshly fallen snow covering the ground. The north of Italy has been gr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-463580.html Wow Venice in the snow........ Venice at the best of times is beautiful..... but to see it with snow and also some flooding was extraordinarily beautifulFor this treat we had to endure some freezing weather...but after living in the desert that only made it more exciting and adventurous. We enjoyed the novelty of rugging up. Myself...I wore three thermal tops thermal leggings two pairs of gl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-461661.html So I realized that Irsquove posted blogs of all my European adventures but I havenrsquot covered home territory very much and Irsquom kind of lacking on Venice pictures. So I thought Irsquod post a short blog on our Venice happenings throughout the semester from class trips to fun excursions. So there are captions with every picture but herersquos a quick lowdown of the major onesTha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-460671.html Day 30Wednesday July 30th 1997 I have a new pen. All praise God or Allah or whatever invisible mancowelephant with medusa snake ears you worship What a miracle Look every time I press ink to paper little symbols stream out. Who would have thunk it My other two former pens have met their maker. Prior to disembarking on my monumental journey of global proportions I decided to buy th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-459458.html Day 29Tuesday July 30 1997 Right now I am sitting in Venetian Trattoria Restaurante. Somewhere in Venice. The place is packed. I am putting the pen to paper and looking for an escape. I must escape from this dastardly place. To be clear I donrsquot really want to escape from Venice because I dislike it. Venice is not a hole. Rather the city is wonderful quite scenic. No I just http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-459457.html Our last few days in Venice were lovely. The mornings started out bright and warm a treat as we had not had sun for more than two weeks. This lovely weather came with something else though the acqua alta or high water. Frequent in the fall and spring this acqua alta brings water into Venice's streets and squares and houses and shops. Piazza San Marco floods routinely but in Dorsodur http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-457390.html Un Viaggio Fai Da TeVinire a Bali Indonesia non bisogno di un Tour Operator Grande Famoso che si apende tanti soldi.Un viaggio fai da te e una buona soluzione vinire a Bali Indonesia.con 20 anni di esperienze in turismo in Indonesia con amicizia disponibile affabile e coi prezzi accettabilibasta inviare a kadeyasayahoo.com oppure chiamare direttamente al numero 628123970247 dal italia oppu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Lake-Garda/blog-450200.html Ahhh beautiful venice....The city of romance rivulets cananls and gondalas. When we arrived it was drizzling but the sky was clear and as expected the place was beautiful...We caught the boat from the bus station on the grand canal to the foot of our hotal.....The Hotel Rialto.... Yes folks thats right we lashed out for this once as we found out our termination payments had come through thanks http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-449980.html Florence and Venice are both charming cities and delightful. Florence is one of the best examples of a city of the Renaissance style. Florence was establshed in 59 AD as a port on the trade route on the Arno river. Florence was first called Florentia and originally founded by Julius Caesar in the 1st century BC. Located on an important road linking Rome to France it found itself destined to f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/blog-449505.html Days Five and Six Padova and VeniceWe had an uneventful trip to Padova by train except for having to ride the Eurostar which costs more than twice the price of regular trains. When we in we checked at the tourist information in the station since we had read that they could book rooms for you. this was a lucky move the woman at the desk told us all the rooms in town were booked due to a b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Padua/blog-448360.html Day 4 SaturdayVerona to PadovaWe had a great night's sleep...it rained all night but now the sun is out and we have had a great walk around Verona...had coffee and brioche at an outdoor cafe three tables on a narrow street next to the Dior shop.....bought cheese roasted chestnuts and a bottle of wine at the open air market....We are at the only internet cafe in town...no wifi here...The town http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Verona/blog-447762.html Day Two Milano to BergamoForgot to say in last blog that we saw much marble being cut in the mountains coming in from Switzerland.This morning we walked in the light rain to the Duomo. On the way we stopped coffee and a chocolate brioche in very modern caf where I got locked in the bathroom We arrived at the Duomo where we paid to climb the 250 steps to the wet marble roof where one can http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Verona/blog-447750.html Travel date May 2008 The land indescribable in words and photographs literally. You can get a feel of Venice only once yoursquore IN Venice we got off the lazy airport waited for the bus which was an astonishing 15 mins late the only time something was ever late in Europe. Dumped bags headed off to the streets of Venicehellip. grabbed the 1st pizza we could lay our hands on YUMM w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-447430.html Verona our first weekend trip of the semester was incredible We caught a 1000 am train out of Venice and arrived in Verona a little after noon. It was our first train ride over here in Europe and it actually went surprisingly well Once in Verona we grabbed some pizza sadly we were kind of craving true Italian food since mediocre cafeteria food is pretty much all we get and set out to exp http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Verona/blog-447205.html Defintion of Vaporetti Style Where you get liters of wine for 2 euros and drink them while you are waiting for the sllllooowww water bus to arrive and because you can just do that kind of stuff in Italy Brrr Im freezing It has been so cold here the last few days. The beginning of my trip was glorious 75 and sunny everyday. Then all of the sudden it got down to like 4550 and windy We defina http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-445499.html Dias 56 a 59 Antes de chegar Europa a Itlia no era um dos destinos que eu mais aguardava. Talvez por no ser um pas exatamente ldquoeuropeurdquo e sim mediterrneo o que a confere caractersticas mais similares s nossas no me parecia algo muito interessante. Ao longo da viagem no entanto fui conhecendo cada vez mais pessoas que idolatravam ldquoIl Bel Paeserdquo como se l f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Verona/blog-444350.html Tuesday 6th OctoberWest to VeronaOur concerns of last night that the incoming backpackers might be a noisy lot were realised during the night or some early hour of the morning.For a while there were argumentsshouting and loud talking in the vicinity of our mobile home with wafer thin walls and our sleep was disturbed.Thensleepand the next we knew it was time for the early morning departures fro http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Verona/blog-444126.html Monday 5th OctoberA day at the beach Lido di JesoloThe early morning flights from the Marco Polo airport next to the camp all go in quick succession and then there is a lull while the early arrivalswhich we donrsquot hearempty their loads and prepare for their next destination.We have quickly come to recognise what type of aircraft is taking off from the whine of the Airbus to the deeper noi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-444121.html Sunday 4th OctoberThe unique city of VeniceWe made two mistakes during our first night and morning in our mobile home at the camping ground just outside of Venice.First we under estimated just how cold it would get in autumn during the night and early hours of the morning in an un insulated mobile home.We had electric heating by way of a ac but neglected to turn it on last night and we both awoke http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-444049.html The first week in Venice has been such a whirlwind Even though Irsquom in one of the most beautiful cities in the world on what would seem to be a 3 month long vacation Irsquove felt like I havenrsquot had a spare minute this entire week With classes readings and class tours of the city I havenrsquot had much time to explore the city for myself. However this weekend Elyse and I have http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice/blog-443812.html