Country House La Quinta
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More Madonnas than you can shake a Crucifix at
... floor of a side chapel, adorned with faded roses.)
I then wandered to the nearby Scuola Grande de San Rocco, where they have a gathering hall that has been described as Tintoretto's Sistine Chapel. This student of Titian's was commissioned to paint canvases to adorn the entire room. ...
The Classic Water City
... her slippers (oh yes, like you do at home in your socks on a hardwood floor) to answer the phone.
And with such a fantastic place to stay I decided to spend some extra time here after meeting three Canadian girls from Vancouver in Grandma Death’s attic. There are smaller islands just off the coast of Venice that specialize in a couple of different crafts, one being glass blowing and another being lace-making, so that while Venice itself is a mixture of many (very ...
Venice saturday
... it is disappointing that they allow this and not a positive reflection on the city.
Next we took a shot at finding the Rialto bridge over the Grand Canal. Again we wandered, got a little lost, followed the crowd and found the bridge.
The bridge is a kind of shopping mall over the river and most of the shops are aimed at tourists. From the bridge we navigated our way back to the apartment and took a ...
Bev's insight on Venice
... the time then you are a bore. He is no bore.He promised to pick up lunch because we were going to pick up our bags because we waited forever for them. He said to Rich lunch is on me because they were slow getting our bags to us. When we went to lunch he forgot and told us instead that we got a 20% discount because we were staying at the hotel. We thought it was funny. You have to roll with it when you travel.Enjoy ...
Venice the amazing sinking city and Connors Birthd
... the night. Saturday we went to Murano, which is where they make a lot of the famous Venetian glass, but a lot of stuff was closed and it was FREEZING. We did end up finding somewhere to watch a glass blower at work which was awesome. Then we wandered some more, took a boat on the canal back to San Marcos and found another cute little place to eat another delicious meal. Then it was birthday time for Connor and we went out to the bars all night. On the way home ...
