Hotel Cristallo -- Lido
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Ahhhh Venice
We were out of our accommodation by 4am this morning. I'm just hoping that the charges were correct as they still had the non credited amount on the bill. Anyway, I just paid the 74 pound and left. I'll check in a few days for the actual charge. I hate chasing up overcharges when I get home. We drove on the M25 which has always given me trouble but …
Venice - now one of our favourite places
We had a little trouble getting more than one of our devices connected to the internet at a time this morning. Also I only have one European plug adapter so we can only charge one thing at a time.... blah...and I'm desperately trying to complete this blog and keep it up to date.
After an Italian breakfast at the hotel that consisted of …
Beautiful Decay
Since World War II Italy has had 62 governments. Sixty-two governments in 63 years. That fact should help you understand a little about Italy. Agreement on much of anything here is a rarity. Which is great for discussing football, but not so much for running a country. Sometimes it seems like Italy's last attempt at efficient organization was some …
The Classic Water City
... out in recognition of a plaza that he couldn’t possibly have been in before (never having been to Venice before). "I know this place! There’s… there’s a doorway into the Basilica just around that corner, and a back gate for the tower just hidden past that construction gate. I know this place, I did my best sniper-shooting from that balcony over there!" As it turns out, the makers of the stealth video game Assassin’s Creed are incredibly historically accurate.
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CARNIVAL celebration
When we arrived in Venice we got off at a different stop then what our ticket told us because we thought this stop was closer to our hotel. We were correct, but it took us awhile to figure everything out. First off we started walking in the wrong direction of the bus stop, we soon realized it, and went back to the train station. Here we waited for a little while for the bus. When we got on we were unsure of what stop to get off at, so we asked and someone told us. When we arrived ...