B&B Ca' Del Gallo Venice
Dorsoduro 3610 Venice, Veneto, Italy
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Island Hopping in Venice
A quick glance at the map and Venice seems pretty small, but once you add together all the islands and the distances that make up Venice as a whole, it's quite sprawling. Today's outting saw me head north to the islands of Murano and Burano, known for their glass and their lace respectedly. Unsure of how to get to the closest vaporetti stop to this islands, I ended up taking a vaporetti down to San Marco from Rialto before changing vaporetti's. While the ...
Venice Wandering
... get their last glimpse and breath of Venice. No photos are allowed in most of the palace, but once again, just keep an eye out for the "guards". You can take some good photos out the window of the courtyard and the coastline depending where you are in the palace.
Staying in the square, the next place of exploration was the Bell Tower. Unfortunately there is no discount, everyone pays the 8 euro and takes the lift up. No stairs unfortunately. The view is ...
Viva Italia!
... between 530-730 where you can get a drink and buffet for 5 euro. Now before you get too excited, the buffet consists of pasta and a selection of bruschetta, some topped with tomato, other cheese, pesto, tuna. The sun had just set on our way back, so we spent some time people watching on the Rialto bridge. Not bad for a 1st evening in Venice. Tomorrow, explore Venice, the next day checking out the other islands and day 3 in Verona before heading south to Florence.
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Beautiful Venice
... guide to stay on board. Gemma and I just looked at each other and rolled our eyes!
Upon arriving in the centre of Bologna, we found free wifi! We eventually pulled ourselves away from the wifi after a long stint within the welcome centre chatting with our families on iphone chat, and walked around trying to find the historic Two Towers, which both lean, and are the landmark of the city.
Our guide didn't really explain to us what ...
Down the rabbit hole
... second mortgage to buy a slimy piece of cardboard pizza; where the island is sinking under the weight of Murano glass that is conveniently made in China. Then there is hidden Venice, only seen by the mega rich. In this Venice you need never step out on the street, with luxury motor boats taking you door to door. High end stores and top end restaurants are at hand, but when the humidity all gets too much you can just jet out. Generally you won't see ...


