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18. A Sinking City
After a stunning drive through the alps from Innsbruck, into Italy with all its rustic charm and vineyard after vineyard, we came to the magical fantasy land of Venezia. At first it seems like a theme park for adults - filled with expensive tourist trap restaurants, hawkers selling all manner of souvenirs, men chasing you with roses, and gondoliers …
A man who has not been in Italy
... eventually reached Florence. Once again we would be in a house tent, in a campground full of olive trees. You can’t get more Italian than that. We were situated on the south side of the river, a few minutes walk away from the Piazzale Michelangelo. The first thing we noticed upon arrival was that it was stupendously hot, around 44 degrees Celsius. Unfortunately, this campground lacked a pool, so it looked like it was going to be a hot few days.
The heat between 10am and ...
July 5: Venice day two
... She advised that shoulders would need to be covered for our visit to Saint Mark's Basilica, and we had to run up to the room to grab Nicole a shawl. Dressed appropriately and cameras in tow, we made our way starting at Saint Mark's Square with Fiona. She was very friendly, spoke great english, and provided detailed historical facts about the city. She told us each island in Venice is connected by bridges, and each island represents a different district of Venice. Each district ...
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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Venice- Day 3
... was a nice relaxing lunch after which, we took Dad back to the apartment for some rest. Everyone else took a bit of a break as well, before heading over to the Rialto Markets to check them out. After wandering these markets for a while and making a few small purchases, we headed back to the apartment and a little more rest before dinner.
We actually left the apartment around 6 p.m., which is a bit early for dinner, as a lot of places ...