Hotel Ateneo Venezia Malcesine

... to the underground prison. Oh it was aweful.. I just imagined how people stayed there for years untill they died.. Yes, the Middle Ages where cruel...<br>By the way we were late for the airport already and we couldn't get out of that prison quickly))) There was an impression we were really imprisoned lol)<br>And finally we quitted the Doge's Palace, for the last time ran through the San Marco Square and soon were on our way to the airport..

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>

... off for now to plant backs and stuff by our door because the only way to lock it is to use the key which is an old time key skeleton key and if you lock it then you lock yourself in. Well if I need to get out in a hurry then what, so I decided to put our medicine bottles in front of the door and when someone opens it then they will fall on the bottles. Good one, huh?<br>Love to you all and goodnight.<br>Mick and Lisa

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 ...

... are off to another wonderful dinner. Perhaps the seafood tonight will be as good as the octopus last night. Gay hopes it is better. Vino, Vinci, Vici...??? Ken thinks he has had too much Italian wine to remember the saying. In English... I saw the wine, I drank the wine, and then I had some more wine. The wine conquered me. Is Italy great... Wahoooo...

... get off. Felt it probably was going to rain all day and didn't want to chance a rain-filled day in Padua. But I am getting ahead of myself. Sunday we decided to tour the Academia, which is a gallery whose collection spans 5 centuries of art and sculpture. It houses the complete spectrum of the Venetian school from medieval and Bysantine period through the Renaissance to the Baroque and later (can you tell I am quoting the brochure!). It ...

... Venice. The Grand Canal runs right past the station, and immediately across is a domed church. There's an arched bridge that goes over the canal, and on the bridge as well as the steps in front of the station were hundreds of people. My hotel was an easy 5 minute walk from the station, and I got checked in easily and ditched my heavy bag. Immediately heading out, I hopped on a vaporetti (bus boat) and rode the length of the ...

... run down, but low and behold, the next day was Luke's Birthday...oh ****, PARTY TIME! It all started with a huge crew of peeps partying around the cabins, until Luke got sick of everyone screaming "54 minutes till your bday", etc etc etc. So, 6 of us snuck off to the bar at the bottom of the mountain. From there we ordered mountainous "Jaeger - Bombs". Really it was more like 5-6 shots of ...

We arrived at our great campsite in Italy. We hit the on camp nightclub slash regualr bar with speakers and had an awesome time dancing the night away, getting up onto the bar tables and dancing when Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves came on. With a lot of hangovers the next morning we ventured slowly into town, doing a walking tour before killing the rest of ...