Dolomiti Hotel Malcesine

... and shout in minimum 100 different languages. Yes, everything became usual again... <br><br>At that time we hurried to the Square, we had to manage to visit at least the Doge's Palace. <br><br>First we tried to enter San Marco church BUT the queue!!!!!!!!! It was so big, we had no time.. <br>By the way, I learnt that the first coffee shop in Europe opened exactly on this square. Venice was then the biggest trading town in Europe, so it ...

... 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

... bigoli (fat spagh) with<br>scallops and mushrooms, bacala alla vicentina (baked creamed cod). Arrivederci<br>S&amp;G!!!!!!!!!<br>This has been an incredible trip <br>. We can,t wait to come back. We leave here tommorrow at 6AM for the airport.<br>I have taken over 200 pictures si I will upload them when we get home. Nothing here<br><br> really works with my camera or my cellphone. <br>

... me, I love to start a conversation. Anyway, we met a guy from Detroi, two other guys from Washington, a girl from Arizona, a girl from Philladelphia and then a couple from Springfield. I was in talking heaven. We came back to our room, played cards and drank Budweiser we found at a grocery store here on Lido. Then journyed back for an evening stroll in Venice which turned into another evening "FALL" FOR ME!! Yes ...

... 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>

itsy god, last time i was in Venice it was in winter and the crowds were pretty bad, it's only April and st marks square was packed with tourists from 9-5. I would really hate to be here in August (shudder). Not much to report, gondolaa rides are still to expensive for my tastes, and the price of pizza seems to increase exponentially the closer you get to tourist attractions - we saw a basic cheese ...

I arrived in Venice yesterday evening after 10 hours on the train from Naples.. aaargh.. I knew I should have caught the eurostar italia, the regional trains always run ridicuolously late. But never mind, I made it! When I arrived it was raining gently, the first hint of rain I have seen since Paris. I grabbed a bite to eat and then went to the pub with ...

... still similar to parts of Switzerland, but the houses looked much different. They all had tile roofs that looked like they were patched together haphazardly. Eventually, we made it down out of the mountains and into the Lakes region. We passed by right next to Lake Maggiore, and it's a beautiful region. The clouds that seemed to linger in Switzerland were left behind and the sun was out, shining over the islands. As we stopped ...

... walked around for a few hours. Venice is beautiful but i dont really think I could spend more than a few days here. Last night we decided to switch gears from G rated to R and got a few bottles of wine. Apparently my tolerance for wine is about 0 so it hit me pretty good once I finished off my bottle. We ended up hanging around with some Aussies we met ...

Wow, what a difference the sun can make! Today has been a busy day after our super lax weekend. We had a lecture this morning about Venice's history regarding timber. Then we went to the Redentore church. Now we are hanging out somewhere in Venice before visiting a gondola maker (squero). Tomorrow will be another lax day, Oana and I are going to go to the Coop tonight to buy dinner makings and breakfast so that we can sleep in tomorrow and then take ...