Blogs from Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe - page 137

Hi all... I just wanted to provide an update for everyone....I have just completed my first tour of the Med and it is amazing. We left from Rome, went into the greek isles and mainland (Mikonos, Santorini, Rhodes, Athens etc...), then we went into Turkey(crazy but cool), Croatia(beautiful, didnt want to leave). By the way, this keyboard wont allow for me to type correctly, so Im sorry in advance for the spelling mistakes. I have so many pictures to add to this blog, and the past blogs and should be able to do so by the end of tomorrow. I there are so many stories I would love to tell you about this trip, but knowing me, I could be typing for a few hours...so Ill keep it short and sweet. Highlights include...getting engaged in Mikonos ... read more

Venice Hi all, we’ve just come back from a thoroughly enjoyable and self-indulgent weekend in Venice. It was our last planned short-break in Europe. God, we are so going to miss being able to nip away from London into mainland Europe on the weekends. It is such a fantastic thing to be able to head away from work on a Friday afternoon and arrive in plenty of time for dinner in your pick of European cities. Soggy tuna and sweetcorn roll with a can of coke at your desk for lunch - fresh pasta with pesto and bottle of wine seated in a lovely little town square for dinner….sighhhh…... It’s hard to know what to write about Venice given that so much has been written about it in the past and so many of you have ... read more

Northern Italy, visiting with Tony’s extended family has been fantastic. They live in a valley in the Italian alps and the scenery is just stunning. We have been treated like royalty, given a place to sleep, taken to all the beautiful scenic spots in the area, fed wonderful homemade Italian meals and given plenty of local wines to sample. Language has been a bit of a barrier, luckily we have had Bruno (a cousin´s son) to translate and intepret, otherwise hand signals and the phrase book have helped. We went for a walk to Ponte del Orco, a natural stone bridge in the mountains and visited some beautiful lakes. The quaint little township of Levico is where Tony’s family originated and the area is full of relations. We caught the train to Venice for the day ... read more

soo!! we are in venice and we dont even know how to explain it to you.... well first we took the wrong train last night and got delayed by two hours so that was sucky.. but an adventure.. i guess... then we came in at 11 last night and we were blown away it smells soo good.. like pizza and candy and the buildings are amazing.. and the men are creepy we went straight to bed last night.. but our rooms are really nice and we have hot showers.... sweeet then we woke up at 9 and had showers and got kicked out but walked all day through the crazy small streets and ate pizza and .. no wine.. maybe tonight.. internet is 4 € an hour!! so i wont be doing this everyday we are ... read more

Helloo Venice!! Such a unique and crazy place. As you might expect water cannals and bridges everywhere, With numerous boats and gondolas wanting to take you for a ride. However as nice and romantic as the Gondulars looked, they were just a bit too pricey for our budget. The place was filled with fish markets and stalls with every kind of mask you could think of. The people were increadibly friendly and willing to help you and show you around. (if only we spoke Italian) What we didnt expect of Venice was the tinny narrow streets that went in all differant directions, like a maze. - we found many dead ends, and had to have our head down in the map for the first few hours. The best thing about Venice is you can get a ... read more