Blogs from Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe - page 152

I'm surrounded by water, gondolas, and striped poles. Venice is quite the rarity. I enjoyed one full day in Venice to explore and take in the sights and sounds. Since I've already been here, I wanted to return to my favorite spot. Murano. I took boat number 5 out to Murano to walk around. It's quieter than S. Marco piazza which was packed when I wandered through in the morning. As soon as I stepped off the boat, I attended a free glass blowing exhibition. I was amazed by the skill this old weathered man exhibited. How can one so rustic produce such fragile, beautiful works of art? I guess you can never really judge. ... read more

(entry added Jan. 28, 2006) Since we were living only one hour from Venice, it was nothing at all to drive in for the day. And boy were we unprepared! After wandering around in the maze of walkways.. and constantly finding ourselves in deadends with no place to go but into the canal.., we finally broke down and bought a map. We didn't really have any goal or places we definately had to see, which was fine. Venice is amazing in itself to just stroll around. We had dinner in a little place and I quickly learned that ordering fish abroad isn't the same as fish at home - but I toughed it out and ignored the fact it was looking back at me. lol! ... read more

Venezia é um sonho!!! Tem tanto pra contar que eu acabaria escrevendo uma novela, por isso faço uma pequena “photo guide”: Foto 1) Nosso hotel. Ca’ Dogaressa. Recomendamos! www.cadogaressa.it Tudo em estilo “settecentesco” (ano 700), inteiro restaurado, uma graça! Fica numa parte residencial de Venezia atras do chamado “Ghetto” (colonia judaica) cheio de restaurantes maravilhosos que me lembraram o Z Deli da Al. Lorena; e em frente ao "Canale di Cannaregio". Dali era possivel cruzar a cidade inteira a pé em uma tarde. Foto 2) Vista da janela do nosso apartamento. Embaixo dos “ombreloni”, tomavamos o cafè-da-manha antes de começar a andar. E so se pode mesmo caminhar em Venezia, gente! Se nao é todo mundo que sabe, Venezia é uma ilha e dentro da cidade nao tem ruas para circulaçao de carros, mas canais de ... read more

God is in the details - Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969), architect Finally, we are in Venice, Italy! Jason, Ryan and I left Tiburtina in Rome last night at 10.52pm, for a six hour train ride to Venice. We met a Mexican guy who was extremely excited to see other people from North America. So he shared a train compartment with us to Venice, while Ryan was practicing his Spanish with our new buddy. We arrived in Santa Lucia train station in Venice at 5.55 am, which to our dismay, was way too early, so we decided to take a morning stroll along the canals, trying to get to Piazza San Marco. Venice is very different from Rome, and all you see are major streets and roads made out of greenish water of canals, and Smart ... read more

My trip to Venice was short, but wonderful! I was working in Oberaudorf, Germany and we had a few days off, so we travelled to Italy. Our first stop was Verona to see an opera and then off to Venice. We only had one day to experience Venice, but what a day this was! I was with my dear friend Daniel and we spent the day walking around Venice. We saw the sights and enjoyed some beautiful weather. Not much money to do anything, I did splurge on a Gondola ride. It was worth every penney! In the evening, we had to get back to our transportation, and got caught in a massive rain storm, it was so big! We got wet, but had a wonderful time running through the Piazza in the rain. I hope ... read more