Hotel Carlton Capri Malcesine

... I was walking and imagining how people used to leave here for centuries starting from Medieval times when Venice was the center of the Europe. Walking through that almost empty and peaceful tiny streets I could feel all the history of this gorgeous town. This was the REAL Venice. <br><br>I was just walking through this tale enjoying the morning when at about 10 o'clock 1000 of noisy, loudy tourists filled this wonderful place and began to ...

... 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>

... into Mick I spilled the wine ,right? But get over this the guy took the picture of us with the wine spilled anyway I am attaching both and you will see. Met a lot of nice people today, (Americans) because we were wearing our Cardinal stuff. I did not know there were so many Americans. You are afraid to talk because right away you get the cold shoulder from the Italians so you just stop talking to people and you ...

... 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>

... called Fiaschetteria Toscana Restaurant. This restaurant is famous for it's fish and delicious deserts the cuisine is venetian. I ate inside the restaurant and didn't want to eat outside because right now in Venice it is 47 degrees Fahrenheit. That was all I did for today. $1,717.61 from the flight and hotel and restaurant.

... by Tintoretto and other renaissance painters. After wandering around the church we found a little hallway that led to an elevator area. Here we could go to the top of the bell tower and overlook all of the lagoons and city of Venice. It was a spectacular view and we took lots of pics. Hopefully, we will be able to upload those onto the blog once we get to Paris - this computer does not have that capability. After we came down from the ...

... canals that is Venice. It doesn't take long at all until you realize that you have no idea where you are, just that you're somewhere in the middle of an island, inside some narrow passageway. Every once in awhile, I'd go down a passageway, only to find that it suddenly ended with steps going down into the water. The only way to go in such cases was backwards and try another passageway. Eventually, I made my way out to San ...

... eye, like a big pizza pie..." (which I'm sure the gondola guy LOVED!) and drank wine. Also enjoyed feeding the pigeons in San Marco plaza. The stupid birds didn't like me, but they loved Boris. Made our way back to the camp for a BBQ, and preceded to...guess what, go ahead, take a wild guess...haha...all you got is one guess, better make it a good one...

... about town on my own for a few hours and decided to come back to the room before heading out. I bought a three day ticket for the vaparetto which ended up being valid immediately, so I realized I should make the most of my free day. This trip has been cool but I am definately also ready to come home. Between homely comforts (thank goodness Junghans, where we are staying, has washers and dryers), solitude, less sun, family, and friends... I miss my Puget Sound! The coolest part of Venice ...