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Island Hopping in Venice
... glass displays of art which are quite neat.
Burano is further out than Murano and it takes nearly a half hour on the vaporetti to get there. The waterbus seems to be moving at an excruciatingly slow speed as it's only 6 or 8 km from Murano. Once you arrive, there's no mistaking which direction to head as shops welcome you as soon as you step off. Focus and move through the first street and you'll really get into the bright colored houses. ...
Venice Wandering
... reminiscent of the Eiffel Tower where you can see the city laid out in front of you. The unique thing about spending the money here is to get a really good picture of main Venice and the islands that lie around it. A bit windy, but worth the trip up. After that it was wandering San Marco before meeting my Vancouver friend for a late lunch.
We had fragolino's at Osteria de Baco to start. A fragolino is a strawberry flavored wine that was quite refreshing ...
Viva Italia!
It was goodbye to Switzerland today and hello Italy! I couldn't quite tell you where one become the other until the announcements on the train were made in Italian. In the north of Italy, mountains still dominated the landscape. Train service in Italy is not as punctual as that in Switzerland. Instead my train was 20 minutes late into Milan and I missed my train to Venice. Never fear though as they are actually quite frequent, so I just hopped onto the next one. ...
Venice arrival and lunch
... the room...we all sleep great in our first dorm room accommodations. Actually Haley has wanted to stay in this type of place but we always were able to find private rooms so it is good. This morning they put scaffolding in the lobby to walk on because it will be a high tide today and they expect several inches of water in the building...wild. The lobby has doors that open to a canal so deliveries can be made...by boat. Actually all deliveries happen by boat. There ...
Arrivederci, Italy
... to create room in my solid luggage to protect the items I purchased. So returning, I had an additional piece to check, but there was no charge since we flew business class.
· SECURITY: Italy is known for its gypsy pickpockets. I bought two items from Magellan’s specifically for Italy travel which will come in handy for many future trips. One was a fanny pack that has airplane cable inside the belt so ...
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