The fall of the Roman Empire.... On Tuesday we left Paris. We had checked out how to get to Gare De Lyon (Lyon Station) by 7:40am the previous day. Our plan was to get a bus that went straight there at 6:15am. We were up at 5:30am and at the bus stop by 6:10am. Our only problem was that there was no one there to sell us a ticket and the dispensi...
Day 3 (Arrive Venice) Pete unsure about getting vaporetto from station - seem VERY overcrowded. Al convinces Pete that it'll be fine and ours - the number 4 - had plenty of room and was easy. Got covered in spray taking photos. Very excited going down the Grand Canal. An RCL ship was sailing as the train arrived and an ex ...
Saturday 24th June 2000 We had originally planned to leave the car at the Villa in Barbarano, and taxi to Vincenza station to travel to Venice. We thought to revise the plan, when we thought we could take a boat down the Brenta canal to Venice. Taxis were going to cost about L50,000 each way, and we were now rather keen to see the Villas along t...
