Blogs from Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe - page 145

Today we headed back into town. First we had a look inside Mark´s Basillica which was breath-taking. After that we looked in all the shops on a surrounding the Rialto bridge. The day was basically spent strolling, we just loved experiencing the relaxed Venetian pace. In the evening we had a meal at a chinese restaurant (call us crazy but we needed a change) then we found a cafe with tables and chairs right on the Grand Canal with the Rialto above us. We sat and watched and sipped red wine for a good hour and a half. At one stage a gondola cruised by and stopped right in front of us and a gentleman proposed to his fair maiden and everyone cheered from the sides (everybody say awwwww). It was just at that moment that ... read more

For those who haven't been I'll have to take back my comment about France and say that Italy is the BEST!!! The food is fantastic, the sights are awesome (great artwork everywhere). All of the men and women are so beautiful that the people on our tour keep falling over themselves staring at the Venetians. I tried quickly on the coach ride over to learn some Italian and already managed to embarass myself by asking a guy if I could have his underwear instead of some change for the soda machine...ooops. We arrived in Venice today and went to Verona the place where Romeo and Juliet lived. It's about 2 hours from Venice. It was fantastic...but my camera temporarily died so I am sadly without photos again until I can get to a bigger internet cafe ... read more

Hi everyone, How's things? Hope you're good. Ok, this is kind of long but actually condensed, because I'm a little tired and hence a little lazy but I'm trying to fill you in. I suggest getting a coffee at halftime so you remain invigorated for the duration of your read :) Ok, due to a few requests of 'so really, what happened in Amsterdam?' I'll provide a few tidbits of what went on, but really, you won't be interested. Don't say I didn't warn you about this one :) Amsterdam is the land ruled by bicycles. Car, tram and pedestrian alike give way to the mighty cyclist. They don't slow down for anyone, and nor are they expected to. I'm actually surprised that there are not more accidents that occur given the number of tourists in ... read more

We almost missed the train to Venice because the train said nothing about Venice. So here all three of us running down to the train. Hopping on any car just so we would not miss the train. We had to walk up 5 train cars to get to our compartment. Wow what an adventure. We had a recomendation from the inkeeper for a pensioni in Venice. We will share a room there and for the rest of the trip. We found this way was less expensive. We stayed at a lovely place. We broke down and took a gondola ride. Paulo was our gondolier. I didnt even think about my sprained ankle. Just being their was unbelievable. ... read more

Only 10 days now 'til I pass out many meaningful kisses to a handful of extremely beloved precious faces, tie my shoes, wave bye-bye, and grab a seat on the Bart. I'll put in an hour twenty of abdominal butterfly study on the train to SFO, where I plan to stand in lines interminably. There, at some point, hopefully within a reasonable window of expected timeliness, I shall finally catch some air that will buffet me, gently please and thank-you, across many thousands of miles to Venice, Italy. Well, sort of. First I blow into Dallas Fort Worth. Then London Gatwick. Then, eventually, a million centuries later, into (or, preferably, onto a tarmac located at) Marco Polo International Airport - a one hour Alilaguna boat ride to Venice. Although I will probably -- no, definitely -- ... read more