Ca' San Trovaso
Travel Blogs from Venice
When the Moon hits your eye....(c´mon, I had to)
... into noon mass. Spoken in beautiful Italian, my days of church service long behind me so I really had no idea what was being preached. I lit another candle for Mom and made my way into Venice.
The group had scattered and I was on my own. I realized that Venice was clogged with tourists and I was starting to feel clausterphobic. I crossed the Rialto Bridge and found the local outdoor market, boy I wish I had a kitchen to bring ...
Mosquitos, bancos y cambios de programa
... dormir y comer. Ni siquiera estaba en nuestra mente poder hacerlo. Para nosotros, las góndolas se miran desde el puente, y con Henry la tradición aquella de besarse en una góndola bajo el Puente de los suspiros, se modifica a besarse mirando el puente desde el otro puente ;p.
Nos pasamos la tarde-noche tratando de sacar el máximo provecho al tiempo. Hubiese sido ideal quedarse dos noches, pero tenemos un agenda apretada y un presupuesto limitado. Por lo menos ...
Venice and check-in to the cruise...
Up nice and early today, quick brekky then off to Brescia to catch the train to Venice. We were a bit sad to leave the family who have been the best hosts to us during the week we spent with them. The train trip on Eurostar was easy. We weren't quite sure how we were going to lug our bags from the station to the ship to check in but luckily Holland America had thought of that and had porters at the station collecting ...
Day Two - Venice
... some more exploring.
We found a restaurant and had a quick bite to eat - the parma ham and cheese paninis were amazing, but then these things always seem to taste better abroad!
The rain was pretty constant now, so we decided to hop on a boat down the Grand Canal, partly to keep dry and partly to make sure we saw as much as possible. We found a quiet corner and managed to stay out of the rain and take some great snaps at the same time - ...
The Classic Water City
... out in recognition of a plaza that he couldn’t possibly have been in before (never having been to Venice before). "I know this place! There’s… there’s a doorway into the Basilica just around that corner, and a back gate for the tower just hidden past that construction gate. I know this place, I did my best sniper-shooting from that balcony over there!" As it turns out, the makers of the stealth video game Assassin’s Creed are incredibly historically accurate.
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