Residenze Sinfonia Veneziana
Travel Blogs from Venice
The Great Flood
... 10 extra pieces of luggage per car. Needless to say, it was crowded. People had their luggage sitting out in the aisle because there was no other place to put it. We dodged our way down the aisle until we were about two rows from our seats, at that point they decided to send the drink cart down the aisle in the opposite direction. Instead of moving up two aisles to let us sit down, the drink cart man made us walk all the way back down the aisle and wait for him to finish that car. ...
Lundi le 3 septembre 2012
... vont dans toutes les directions.
Nous avons dîner dans un petit café sur l'île pour ensuite revenir vers la Place St-Marc. Nous nous sommes imprégnés de l'atmosphère qui était venteuse et salée sur la Place et face au Palais des Doges. Les vagues déferlaient sur la Place et les gens se mouillaient les pieds malgré eux. Les gens qui se hasardaient en gondoles étaient trempés vu la force des vagues ...
Venice - Canals, Gondolas, Beach, Pasta & Pizza
... was very nice, our room wasn’t quite ready yet so we went out and had our first Italian breakfast.
Back for a shower as the gooch sweat was building up. Then we were out to explore! Venice is made up of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. I always wondered why the hell start building a city here.. its crazy..But originally the founders were refugees fleeing ...
Venice Without Visiting Venice
... We did not get to go in, but they have a tower that leans as much as the Tower_of_Pisa. Actually everything in_Venice leans, since it is built on an alluvial plain, and the sand barely supports the structures above. Don also got in a fight with a shop owner. He was trying to decide which of several toys to buy for grand kids and was seeing if they worked. The owner did not feel anything should be touched and he pointed to a sign in Italian which we can only assume ...
Venice: A Decaying Work of Art
This update will be a little bit different because I don't have much to write about my next stop. After all, so much has been written about it already.
Over 100 years ago Henry James said it best:
"Venice has been painted and described many thousands of times, and of all the cities of the world is the easiest to view without going ...