Casa Nicolo Priuli Malcesine

... smell of freshly baked croissants. MMMmmmmmm!!!! Yum! The breakfast was very tasty, here&#8217;s the pic) Italian coffee is great too!<br><br>I love the mornings in different towns, it's so interesting the moment the town begins to wake up, if you know what I mean.This moment in Venice is particularly beautiful and unique, you feel yourself not 21st but maybe in 14th of 16th century. It's like a wonderful fairy tale surrounding ...

... to sing Happy Birthday to him. He is gone from our world now and we miss him. Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday deaaaarrrrr John and Grandpaaaaaaa, Haaappppyyyy Birrrtttthhhdaaay ttoooo yooooouuuuu!!<br>Love<br>Mick and Lisa<br>XXXX<br>OOO

Wed vap to Lido, walked down Viale St. Maria Elizabetta, had coffee, kids dressed as<br>San Martino (Nov 11), spoke with gardener about lavander, walked to Hotel Des<br>Bains and beach (capanas). Walked back down viale, vap past St. Mark's Sq. to<br>Accademia Bridge in Canal Grande. Walked to Ristorante da Raffaele GREAT.<br>Minestrone, risotto di radicchio rosso &amp; shrimps, roast ...

... one public one. You have to drink or eat to use their toilet; however, tonight I did beg one place and they let me go without eating. Anyway, we were sitting in the sun drinking wine and people watching on the main canal. It was great and then I spilled wine on Mick, so we had to return to our room and change. The funniest thing is that I spilled the wine because I asked a passerby to take our picture so when I was ...

... over 5 miles. <br>A lot of people told us we'd visit Venice regularly over the next few years while we are stationed in Aviano....and I think they might be right. Venice is an enchanting place, and the food is pretty darn good as well.<br>Allen and I are hopeless romantics, so this place seems to suite us well. ;)<br>

... We enjoyed a sunset gondola ride (very expensive but very worth it, one of those things you have to do), some limited shopping (Venice is a very expensive city), and splurged on a water taxi on our way out of town instead of fighting the bridge stairs and water bus crowds. Venice was fantastic and lived up to or surpassed almost every expectation. It is definitely worth a visit, especially with good company, since for me it ...

... We did actually take some pictures today of things other than airline food and will try to load them on this computer so you can see some of our fine photo journalism (hope they are not all blurry). Dinner tonight was an experience. Italian waiters are really impatient and walk away saying all kinds of things which I would interpret as utter frustration with the stupid Americans. I want to learn Italian so ...

... Marco Place ... did some sight seeing and had lasagna, ravioli, wine and beer with Fragolissima for dessert. Returned to hotel and slept reasonably well checked out leaving our luggage in the lobby. We leave tonight, actually tommoroow morning at 00:04 for Rome, Civitavecchia and our cruise. Am now going to try to upload photos and get frustrated again!

... getting lost walking around. On our way to Switzerland we stopped in Verona for lunch. It is still my favorite city in Italy. The roman arena hosts operas every summer and there were these really neat, large set pieces stored outside all around the arena. We had our best meal of the trip there...Bottega del Vino (they just opened a second place in NYC). They have a fabulous wine by the glass menu, and Rick and I both had their signature ...

... set and the view from the bridge is very pretty indeed. We take a few more pictures and decide to grab something to eat at one of the trattoria's near the Rialto, and head back to the hotel for some much deserved rest. A typical Venetian canal View of the Grand Canal at dusk At the reception, there's this very friendly Ukrainian guy whose name I can't get, and he chats with us for at least 15 mins about ...