Blogs from Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe - page 131

Geo: 45.3374, 12.1379Got the bus to the train station at Gredavagno. I had missed the train by 5 minutes and had to wait two hours for the next one. Once I arrived in Venice I bought an all day vaporetto (ferry) ticket. Caught the ferry to my hostel- what a great location, it is across from the Grand Canal. My room faced the canal and out my window I could see Saint Marks Square, etc. Caught the ferry to Saint Marks Square and changed ferry to Burano. 40 mins later arrived at the island of Burano. It is a pretty little fishing village, all the houses are colourfully painted. It makes Venice look dull and bland. Am glad I spent time here. Wandered around, saw a very leaning bell tower, walked along canals, over bridges. Caught ... read more

Here are some photos from last year when Mommy and Daddy and Josh met up with me in Venice.... read more

Our next challenge was trying to find our place of accommodation in Venezia. Not an easy task as the actual hotel had a different name to what we had been told. After half a day of trying to find it, we finally got rooms with airconditioning - an unusual encounter for us, but one that was greatly appreciated as temperatures were hitting 37C. Anybody walking into the room found me reclined, naked, in front of the airconditioner. I didn’t care about the shrinkage factor, the cooler temperatures were worth the humiliation! Venice itself was gooooorgeous and unique with its waterways and canals, most of which I could get on and to via the vaporettas (water taxis). There were literally tens of thousands of tourists flocking every attraction, the first place for us it has been really ... read more

Hello all, The last couple days iàve been roaming the south of french, swimming in the sea on pebble beaches and gambling in the monte carlo casino in monaco. Monaco was amazingly glamorous. We drove by elton johns house, drove around the grand prix track in our big orange bus and eyed the many yachts and fancy cars. We had an early depature today and I just got off a 12 hour bus ride to Venice Italy. We stopped in Verona and checked out Juliets balcony (apparently romeo and juliet was based on a real couple) it was quite small but there was a statue of juliet there that if you touched he left boob it brought you good luck so the boys had good fun with that. On the way to the balcony there are ... read more

Ulm - Munich - Verona - Venice (Train) 20 July 2006 With the idea of maximising our Eurail Ticket, we decide to head to Venice, Italy for a couple of days, before we meet up with our friends Linton and Clare in France. Venice is one of those cities that most people dream of going to; beautiful old buildings built on and reflected in canals, meandering cobblestone alleys where the sound of church bells echo off the walls calling you towards piazzas full of beautiful people, men in striped t-shirts pushing gondolas while singing Dean Martin songs….. ahhh, oh so romantic. Its just a shame that it is so revered because in summer it’s so full of tourists and so hot that I think it’s lost a bit of it’s charm (that could explain why most ... read more