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Day 2<br><br>Good morning Venice!!!<br><br>I woke up too early as I'm still used to Yerevan&#8217;s time. At about 8 o&#8217;clock the bells from the church near us began to ring. It was wonderfull, maybe for many of you it is usual but for me it&#8217;s something extraordinary, as there are no bell towers in Yerevan, and no ringing bells. Only in the main square and it is automatic, not real.<br><br>We went out of the room and felt the ...

We are traveling today to Siena and won't be able to communicate for awhile so wanted to give a big shout out to our friend John Ruppe. Have a good one bro, we love you!! We also wanted to tell the Heavens above to give Mick's Grandpa Ted a kiss and hug and ask to ...

... 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>

Hello Friends and Family,<br>Today started out much more calm and relaxed. It was a beautiful day, sunny and around 60. Spent a few hours looking around and walking the back streets with the locals. It was really amazing, the small streets and the thin people. The market was cool with the fresh fish, fruit, etc. We then had to use the restroom, aka "Toilet" which is something that is almost impossible! I think there ...

... but we decided to stay and investigate the island. We walked and checked out most of the places of and of course a small amount of shopping! After a day of just walking we stopped and had dinner. I had a great meal of spagetti and seafood. There was something in my dish that was a mystery "critter". I did ask ...

We made our first trip to Venice today after a failed attempt of getting on the wrong train and going all the way to Slovenia! We were happy that we got it right this time! And since it is January, it was a bit on the cold side. But we had fun exploring and getting lost. I had no idea Venice was so big. We must have ...

... help but try a piece. This leads me to comment on the pizza and food in general in Italy. The biggest difference from the pizza in the US is that there is a lot more care taken in selecting the ingredients and cheese. For instance, most just eat margherita pizza (just cheese) but the sauce is good enough that you do not need to have toppings for flavor. Also if you put the piece on a piece of paper or napkin, the napkin is not soaked with grease from the cheese. Just good cheese ...

... we were up and in the bus at 7:30am. I was awake the whole bus trip. We arrived in Venice and toured the square. Our first excursion was to a glass blowing store. We saw this master blower create a glass horse. I wasn't that interested in the stuff they were selling. I've stopped buying stuff just because they look good. I find that even if I give them as a gift they get stuck in on a shelf and aren't really adored or even useful. From here on out, I ...

... to Geneva a couple of times to go out and ended up having to stay there last night as my train was booked out. Anyway, am in Venice now and there is a distinct possibility that I may never leave. Although the fact I just paid 3 euro 50 for 30 minutes internet might get me to leave. Anyway I hope this is a good enough update for now. More news as it comes to hand. Love B.

... was white. Almost looks like a ghost city, but with ghost walking around. Watched the pigeons, and the people feeding them and then I was off to Ponte Rialto as I had scouted out that place and the shops around it to be the best prices in town for shopping at. There are little stalls on both ends of the bridge and on the bridge as well. I think I walked into every shop 2 and even 3 times just comparing the prices and checking out what they had. I had turned into one ...