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Grappa
2 weeks ago we visited to Bassano del Grappa, which is a beautiful city in northern Italy, where they make Grappa. It is a small town and they have a grappa museum. It was good to see, because I did not know how grappa is made. In earlier days it was the poor man's drink, because it is made from grape pomace, meaning the skins and seeds. Basically the leftovers of the winemaking process. This pomace ...
Oct 18, 2012
More bologian shopping, jacket. Train ride, briefly w/ spritely kid. Venice and campsite. Looks well equipped and comfortable, I'll probably stay longer. Into the floating city not long before dark so I didn't get a good look. But awesome so far. Managed to get Campari and cicchetti without looking like too much of a ...
Boarding the Splendor of the Seas
... handrails and pieces of artwork, and a small orchestra playing in the central part of the ship – just like in the movies! This is the first time we have been on a cruise so didn’t know quite what to expect. As you walk around all the smartly dressed staff members greet you – you feel very welcome.
Our Stateroom Attendant is Bhasish, who comes from Mauritius and has been on the ship for some time – a ...
The Watery Wonderland that is VENICE !
... loved EVERY moment of it. Our cameras came out of our bags within seconds and I swear I took 200 photos just going up the CANAL to San Zaccaria! Wow how impressive is this city! I can’t find the words to describe how I felt for that first hour or so it was TRULY such a PINCH ME ! am I really here?! moment. I know I expressed that I ‘loved’ Florence….but oh my…. I love Venice more now!!! (see what I mean about each city/town/country surpassing ...
I wish everyone I know were in Venice with me!
... visited Rome and by declaring him as their patron saint they were declaring their independence from the Byzantine Church. The second reason Venice chose Mark because the city came into procession of his remains or relics. The story goes Mark died while he was in Alexandria, Egypt and while some Venetian merchants were in Alexandria they learned the church where his remains were was set to be burned so they removed his ...