Artistic Murano Glass Gallery Venice

Drove through the Tauern Mountains down to the Carinthian Lake District and across the border into Italy. Hotel is steps away from St Marks Square, dominated by its magnificent Basilica and overlooked by the great Clock Tower where bronze Moors beat out the hours on a huge bell. Also in the square stands the immense Campanile and Doges’ …

De regreso a esta ciudad.Paseamos desde la tarde hasta casi media noche.Nos perdiamos en callejones muy estrechos e interesantes.En la noche casi nos deja el bote que nos llevaba de nuevo a nuestro hostal en mestre.Recuerdo que fuimos fuimos a la terminal de botes corriendo :) Super divertido.Antes de irnos veiamos por la afuera de las casa de …

We arrived in Venice not a moment too soon after our big night out in Switzerland. Our room was great. Monday was rainy and not quite the Venice we had pictured. However, this meant the beaches werent crowded and we could get a lot done in one day. On Tuesday Italy striked so there was limited services all over Venice. Luckily, the tourist office …

Day 8 - June 27: Venezia Italy run with OB on the beach of the Lido next to the Adriatic Sea. We're three for three for running in different countries we've stayed in. The beach is not as beautiful as Hilton Head, but the run is harder: OB kicks my butt. After a sparse Italian breakfast, it's on the bus to board a boat to Murano. Rachel, Tony and I …

We arrived in Venice on Saturday after taking the two hour train ride from Florence. It was on Eurostar which was once again extremely fast, comfortable and efficient. It's a nice way to travel. We took the water bus from Venice's Santa Lucia station to our hotel which is about 10 minutes from San Marco. The sights and sounds, as well as the …

We reached Venezia St. Lucia station on the morning of Aug 17^th. The train was delayed by 30 minutes and we were waiting in Mestre station for almost 30 minutes. There were no announcements in neither Italian nor English language. The Venice Station had the baggage drop facility that was very helpful for us. Since we had to come to the …

We spent most of yesterday traveling from our monastic hotel in Assisi, to arrive last night our our "uber" modern Laguna Palace Hotel on the Venetian mainland. The interior of this hotel is designed to look like the inside of a cruise liner and they've done a pretty good job of it too. But, I am disappointed that our hotel is on the mainland of …

Vandaag gaat het gebeuren! We gaan met de Vaporetto naar Murano om 'de' glasblazer aan het werk te zien van wiens hand wij een stuk in huis hebben. Murano is best bijzonder te noemen. Het is ruimer en toch wel redelijk groen hier en daar. De grote meute stapt bij de halte Colonna van de bus, maar wij gaan er bij Faro uit. Calle Bressagio is gelijk …

On day 14 we travel by train through stunning scenery in the Julian Alps to one of the most unique cities of the world - Venice (approx. 5 hrs). Becaise Slovenia and Italy don't see eye to eye on train travel we have to exit at the border, walk a few metres across that border into Italy, get a local Italian bus to another train station and then a …

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 – Venice

Started the day off by visiting the Peggy Guggenheim Museum, which is located just off of the Grand Canal. The museum is a modern art gallery that Peggy Guggenheim began post-war. The museum is her house on the canal, which includes some original pieces of furniture, as well as the paintings in her …