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

Gently down the Grand Canal... To start off, don´t ever be fooled on hostels.com into thinking that a place called B&B is a cheap bed and breakfast, it´s not! We got over the initial shock from arriving at a hostel when we thought we´d have a cute little room overlooking the water. Everything was fine until we tried to go to sleep and discovered that they must have misread the directions when putting together our bunk beds because everytime the person on the bottom (Andrea) made the slightest movement (like breathing) the top bed would sway several feet in both directions. After Andrea had bid farewell to the cruel world because she knew her death from sleeping underneath Liz was imminent, we decided it would probably be a good idea to move our beds to the ... read more

Motorhome News from Europe 20. Italy March 2005 Umbria, Marche and northwards to Venice and the Dolomites Gubbio, Urbino, San Marino, Rimini, Ravenna, Venice, The Dolomites, Cortina d'Ampezzo and Camazai It’s been another busy week for the grey haired nomads. After leaving Perugia, we continued our tour of historic towns with visits to the delightful towns of Gubbio and Urbino. Gubbio is, like Assisi and Perugia, an Umbrian hill town with grand piazzas, palazzos, fountains and churches. Despite it being a Sunday, the town was almost empty of tourists, the only sign of locals in any number seemed to be at the local football match. We found an excellent “sosta” (dedicated parking and overnighting area for motorhomes, often with water and waste facilities and usually free) in Gubbio, but the day was still young and we ... read more

sorry for not adding posts...I have been so busy! So far I have seen Nice, Monaco, Canne, Grasse, The Cinque Terre, Pisa, and now Venice. My mom, brother and I climbed the 300 steps to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It was so cool!! And also a little dizzying! But well worth the 15 euros. We are going to take the bus into Venice in about 15 minutes, but since there in internet accsess in our hotel I will post again soon... read more

PICTURES OF VENICE Feb 05 Our first morning. We are in the breakfast room of the tourist hotel ‘La Forcola’ in Cannaregio. At the next table to ours a man is reading from the Venice guidebook to a sullen teenage boy, who is obviously his son. The boy shows no interest whatsoever in his father’s reading, but stares into his yoghurt as if this little pot might save him from the uninvited punishment. The father drones on; “Charlemagne” drone, drone, “Constantinople” drone, drone. I realise that this man intends to read a whole chapter of the guidebook to his captive, even ignoring his own food, so absorbed is he in delivering the unwanted litany. A woman joins them, small and silent, and the boy doesn’t glance up at his mother, the reader doesn’t break even for ... read more

Venice. It took a lot of hard travelling to get there. It was worth it to go somewhere a bit warmer for a couple days. It was well worth it. It may have a reputation as dirty, but its beautiful. It has real character.... read more