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Travel Blogs from Venice
Day 13 on Cruise-Venice
... It was about 1.5km but it was going to be tough pulling the bags. There were also stairs which made it extra harder. We found our hotel and they told us where the room was going to be. This was one of those cheap hotels, because hotels in europe are expensive. After we checked out our hotel, we kept walking. We saw a gondola so we decided to go in it. I saw some of the famous landmarks and it was really fun being on a gondola. Its ...
A Venetian Story
Venice is a city sitting in purgatory. Think about a city built on a number of islands, with no regulatory authority prepared to put it's stamp on the design and layout. Thus you have Venice. The world of the automobile slips away and you are presented with the world of the water taxi. Choose which one, public transport or private transport. Public transport was cheap but very very slow. Private transport on the other hand was fast but expensive. You could have what ...
Venice - back to one of our favourite places!
... it would go on strike for the rest of the day. Brilliant, just what we wanted, more time in Verona and less time in Venice. So basically there was a mass of confusion and angry Italians yelling and running around trying to work out what to do. We knew that another train (a more expensive one) was leaving 10 minutes later, so with about 5 minutes to spare, I ran to the ticket machine (luckily free), and spent another 20 euros each (so annoying) to get us onto the train. ...
Venice - Day 2
... upon a very modern looking library.
We took a Vaperotto around to the far side of the island where the Navy was based. This is a different side of Venice that is a bit more industrial. On the walk back home we stopped at Basilica Dei Santi Giovanni E Paolo which was a really special place with beautiful artwork and architecture.
Guggenheim Museum
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The Classic Water City
... her slippers (oh yes, like you do at home in your socks on a hardwood floor) to answer the phone.
And with such a fantastic place to stay I decided to spend some extra time here after meeting three Canadian girls from Vancouver in Grandma Death’s attic. There are smaller islands just off the coast of Venice that specialize in a couple of different crafts, one being glass blowing and another being lace-making, so that while Venice itself is a mixture of many (very ...