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The Classic Water City
... She didn't speak a lick of English so our broken conversations involved me using Spanish, her answering in Italian, and an interesting mixture of hand gestures and head shaking to come to the agreement that I could rent a space in her attic to spend the night. She earned her nickname from her ability to sit perfectly still in front of a blank TV screen for hours with her death-shroud-like shawl until the phone rang, at which point she would promptly rise from the dead to run and ...
Another day in Venezia
... comedy play about to show in 10 minutes, so i decided to walk inside. It was very grande inside with paintings all over the ceiling with old pictures of famous dancer opera singers. I bought a ticket and found my seat in a small room with a little audience. The opera play was in Italian i couldn't understand any of it, but it gave me a good sense of the Italian language.The play went for and hour and a half. It was great fun you could tell by there ...
Venezia.....
... ever see. We (I) got a little confused and ended up approaching from the back – but it was obvious we were in the right place and yes, the tower certainly leans (more than I thought it would). We walked around and took some piccies before walking back through the streets for some lunch and a drink and then onto the train for the trip to Venezia.
We had our first go on one of the Italian fast trains, even got served a drink and a snack while we were ...
Wow what a beautiful city
... gifts. What a wonderful adventure this vacation has been for us. Amazing food, fantastic people, a beautiful country and a lifetime of memories. We have been so well recieved by these loving people we have felt very welcome everywhere we went.
Now we are off to Munich, Germany tomorrow. It is supposed to be very cold and rainy but hopefully it wont be to bad.
Ciao for now,
Stewart and Kimberly
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Venice, Veneto, Italy - Day 7/8
... without a camera!
It was enthralling to just sit and watch the traffic on the main waterway when we landed from the Islands trip. Saw 3 huge liners taking the cruise passengers out after their day in Venice . Huge ships in the narrow channel and just meters from both the island shores. Plus boats of all sizes in a frenetic scene of activity. That was added to by police boats with sirens blaring. Plus a water ambulance with a siren going off that docked in front ...