Ca' San Polo
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Venice from on high
... dry land? Five, apparently, including one to hold the crane remote control, one to steady the airborne gondola, one to position the trailer, and two to offer advice.
I couldn't convince Xander to walk the rest of the length of the island, so we caught a vaporetto at the Palanca stop, and stayed on it as it rounded the port area before entering the Grand Canal. Xander went to sleep on my lap, and I had to wake him before our stop at ...
City of Masks
... see in one trip!
In the evening we relaxed and recovered from our last night and our hot day, and did some laundry in the hostel facilities.
On Monday, with a good nights sleep behind us, we jumped on the Metro and took it to Vatican City for our 9:00am tour of the Vatican. After finally finding the correct entrance into Vatican City we went through the myriad of security and then traded in our reservation sheet for tickets and ...
Venice and Away
... boats. One shop owner shooed the pigeons out of his cafe, and they flew out almost into Bryan's face! We crossed paths with a woman whose off-leash dog (demonstrating that not all European dogs are well behaved) crossed a bridge, picked up something it thought smelled good, and darted off into an alley. I couldn't help but enjoy hearing her scold the dog in Italian as she chased after it.
The city isn't all pixie dust of course. There is a lamentable amount ...
2nd Day in Venice
... was super romantic - just the three of us! ;) our Gondolier told us a lot of interesting things about Venice and being a Gondolier. Afterwards, we went and had an ok dinner, and them back to the hotel. The food in Italy has been hit and miss. Sometimes someone will get something really good, and sometimes it tastes like hamburger helper or Knorr's noodle packets. I don't think we have had a meal where everyone has got something really good. Kind of ...
Back in Venice
... got totally lost in small streets, areas closed to cars and he gos telling "turn now!!!" After two phone calls and asking a shop keeper for directions we realized the B and B was just inside the "no unauthorized cars" section. This place called the M-club is the top ranked lodging in Ravenna although quite modestly priced by Itslian standards. Much more about that once I fire kip the ...