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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
... in the basilica but that doesn't quite stop people and no one came around telling them "no photos".
The Venetians love their gold in decor as the Doge's Palace was next. 8 euro to go in with the Rolling Venice Card (get this if you're 29 and under - cheaper transport and other things). The rooms are quite the experience as descriptions of how the Venetians held council vary in each room. You can even visit the prisons below and cross the Bridge of Sighs where ...
Viva Italia!
... the city from.
Wandering the streets, filled with stores selling masks, you really felt like you're in medieval Venice. When night fell and we walked down alleys, the illusion felt even more complete. One kid walking by was decked out in a wig and tailored clothes styled hundreds of years ago!
I finally met my first Vancouverite of the trip tonight, and we checked out a cheap place for dinner. At Taverna del Campielo Remer, they have ...
Beautiful Venice
... likened to an overgrown baby, and all we could see when we looked at him was a man in just a nappy! (though he wore clothes).
Once we were at San Marco Square, all of us Aussies went to a bar in the square and had a drink and sat around enjoying the area. We all bought ourselves these toys that we'd seen being spruiked all over Europe - these coloured gel balls that go splat when you throw them on the ground, then grow back to being a ball ...
Favorite City in Europe
2 Sept 2011
Venezia, Italy
I awoke early and decided to take a morning walk around the city. Venice is best in the morning before all the tourists get going. The city is fun to watch wake up. Barges full of supplies are all coming into the canals and being unloaded and carted away on funky little pull carts that are designed to go up and down stairs easily. The markets and stalls are all being set up in the ...


