Fujiyama Bed & Breakfast
Travel Blogs from Venice
Venetian Dreams
... even so, my feet feel better than in the old shoes!
And We’re Off!
We woke up this morning and started our day’s adventure, refreshed and clean. Since it worked out so well last night, we took the boat/bus back down to St. Mark’s Square. After marvelling at its beauty in the daylight, we sat down at the nearest café. An espresso for Mike and I, a caffe latte for Deb and a café americano for Dave. We were lucky enough to ...
Doge's Palace and heading to Florence
... the Ponte Vecchio. The owners Vary and Edo greeted us like we were family and we felt right at home-maybe because the B&B is in their own home. Edo apologised for not helping us with our bags up the 2 flights of stairs - he said he had been unwell and could not manage them. Vary told us later he has cancer and is undergoing chemo. I take my hat off to him running a B&B whilst coping with that, but he was always cheerful and friendly and helpful. He says he ...
Venise
... par l'air ô combien humide et chaud de Dalyan... Entre Istanbul et aujourd'hui, nous perdons 10 à 15 degrés. Et nous voilà repartis. Les villages sont magnifiques, maisons en bois sombre, blanchi par les années. Les jardins et potagers sont proprets. Tout y est très mignon ! Nous longeons la rivière. La route est souvent toute droite protégée par une digue. On pense tout de suite aux pays bas.
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Venice
... I guess you can't win them all. Sophia was super restless. They have been very good adapting to new places to sleep so far, but Sophia took ages to fall asleep. During the night they bumped each other and "wrestled" sheets, anyhow, I think you get the idea.
We had a sleep in, which was needed, if we were going to cope with Venice today.
At least the day was warm but with a lovely breeze, making ...
Venezia
... get there. It began to rain as we were leaving Varenna. We were all chatting together, and it turned out that one of the students had a mutual acquaintance with Tyler because they were both from Houston! We finally got into Milan, but drove along a straight road with a billion traffic lights, so we were stopping and starting all the time. We got to the station with 10 minutes to spare and ran to the train. We made it! :D
The train ...