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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
Where does one start in Venice? On a vaporetti following the Grand Canal? On an island outside the main area? Just heading off away from the hostel? After hearing about long lines yesterday, it was off to Piazza San Marco to check out the Basilica. For a long-ish line, it moved fairly quickly, Admission is free though there are some areas you have to pay to access, such as 2 euro to access the Pala d'Oro, a gold altarpiece with lots of gemstones. Stunning to see. No photos ...
Viva Italia!
... On top of that, the bus stopped at the opposite side of the canal, so I had to carry a fairly big suitcase across the Rialto bridge. Getting my exercise in, I'll say. After asking for directions and circling a bit, I finally made it to my hostel. Interestingly the place seems to be run by a Chinese family, and they live there was well. It's a bit on a quiet street, but considering there's not much of a night life in Venice, it's in a good location from which ...
Venice arrival and lunch
... can you believe it? I duct tape the vent shut but it still radiates too much heat to bear so with the window cracked we can survive. We are also tired because Hungary wanted to see our passport, then Slovenia guys wanted to see our passports, then Croatia guys wanted to see our passports, then finally Italian guys must see our passports. They knock loud, turn the lights on, talk very loud, radio our passport numbers into headquarters at the door...very ...
Arrivederci, Italy
... hotels; and the iced bottles in Rome were worth celebrating. By the way, water was served with meals; the Europeans expected you to order wine (it was sometimes included by Tauck); and coffee and cappuccino were available AFTER a meal but were hard to come by with a meal. (The Italians never drink cappuccino after mid-morning but make it available for those crazy tourists. And there are no Starbucks in Italy.)
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