Minotel Rosa Abano Terme

I'm just packing everything up for my cruise. Eeeee! I am so excited. And I've actually planned ahead and have four nights post-cruise booked. Look at me being on top of stuff. However, it's another budget airline situation to get me to Sicily, but at least this time I am prepared. Which I think is half the battle? At least I thought that's what GI Joe always said.

It is FREEZING in Venice. Granted, I probably don't have the right attire, but still it is cold, cold, cold ...

... still alive.

We got settled back on board and thought we better have something to settle the nerves so we had a few cocktails by the pool and not much time later I ripped up the divorce papers and we were once again happily married .We enjoyed a romantic spa with 10 German kids and then fell asleep on the deck in the sun for an afternoon siesta well time was marching on and I was time to get ready for Dinner as our Dinner time was 6.30pm each night ...

... Venice so it is huge and absolutely gorgeous, it looks out onto the Gran Canal and is very close to San Marco Plaza (the big plaza in the city). The house also happens to share a roof with the Gugenheim Museum so we were able to peek in there and poke around for a little while after we saw the house. Satie's parents, who were visiting for the week offered to take all of us out to lunch and so it was nice to have a meal paid for and not have to worry about every dollar I spent ...

... they don’t understand me guide) he was very sweet and took us down some of the backstreet canals away from the hustle and bustle… truly different from anything we have seen…. ADRs returned safe and sound to mainland and found a local resteronti and had authentic Pizza great .. Not much topping on Italian pizza.. Its all in the crust!! The motel was a bit Faulty Towers and strange but friendly enough and clean..
On the road again….

After the wedding we spent a few days in Venice before flying home. This is one of the cities I wish I could walk around without anyone else there. I am sure it is much more beautiful without the hundreds of people on every little bridge. It was a lot of fun wandering around, getting lost and then finding a place to enjoy a glass of wine.

cheers

... did have a hood! Dolly also had a hood, but 2 of the other girls got the box the birthday cake came in and used that as their umbrella! It was a little soggy by the time we arrived home, but it worked! After we got home Dolly and I decided to go for a walk to take picutres of Murano by night in the rain! It was beautiful! With an umbrella of course! Judy!!!! You would love it here NO NOISE! It is so quiet you could hear a pin drop!

... there has been a drought), a full moon, and high tide when we went to St. Mark's and, thus, it was under water. Just last night it was dry as a bone, but today it was slightly more than ankle deep and hordes of people there to see this famous holy place. Therefore, the powers that be solve the problem by putting up narrow ...

... sticky and tired. Incidentally, it was pretty muggy and warm upon our arrival here too. That, plus the gruesomely, offensively expensive state of the city now, made me even crankier, especially after shelling out €30 for bloody train reservations. What exactly are we getting with this first-class train pass again? Well, a good shower and general clean up made a world of a difference. Once fully refreshed, we hit the city of water. Mayu has been absolutely ...

... 0f the passage it felt like c0ming 0ut 0f a cave int0 a huge 0pening.. i was there. S. Marc0s.. I had t0 be.. that cathedral was WAY t0 big t0 be anything else. Just as I saw it the bells started t0 ring.. It was 1pm. I decided t0 sit f0r a while and pe0ple watch.. but just as I l00ked 0ut int0 the plaza.. I saw chris.. with his pack and matt n0t t0 far behind.. walking t0wards me. After alm0st a m0nth 0f seeing n0 0ne I knew, it was great t0 ...

... seriously was in love with this place. The bridges and the gondolas and saint marks square, outdoor markets, fresh fruit and veggie stands everywhere... eveything was great!! One day we just sat on the Grand Canal and watched the city work...it was great!