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Water Everywhere!
... to see the statue of David by Michaelangelo. I did not post any photos (for obvious reasons), but I must say it was an amazing sculpture and the attention to detail by this artist is simply breathtaking...as in the Sistene Chapel....stunning!
Back into the car again and this time we are on our way into Mestre, a small town just outside of Venice. A short train ride took us into this island township. It is truly amazing to see how ...
Change of plans
... to start in our neighborhood, Santa Croce, and headed in the general direction of the biggest church in the area, Santa Maria dei Frari. We had a Rick Steves' audio tour of the cathedral, so we decided to make use of it. After a few wrong turns, and many dead ends, we finally found it.
Santa Maria dei Frari, despite its size, is relatively sparsely furnished, with little of the gilding or statuary of its ...
Venice
... on an island that was not Murano but an island dedicated entirely to a cemetery. Venice ferries 2. Jo and Hugh 0. We got there eventually and had a look around. We ate our baguettes under a tree listening to a busker and witnessed at least 4 couples (independent of each other) fighting with each other. Rather amusing for us. To top off the amusing afternoon, we managed to order pizza from the only pizzeria in Italy run by three Chinese girls, not the ...
With Venice you get rain!
... to throw away the guide books and get lost in the back alleys, immerse yourself. So we did and you know what we found our way back and stumbled upon some quaint cafes, a wonderful gelato shop and had some great photo ops. A very successful afternoon and evening. Day two showed us the Palazzo Ducal and Ponte dei Sospiri and San Marco Basilica, lunch nearby and then freedom. A few of ...
The Classic Water City
... her slippers (oh yes, like you do at home in your socks on a hardwood floor) to answer the phone.
And with such a fantastic place to stay I decided to spend some extra time here after meeting three Canadian girls from Vancouver in Grandma Death’s attic. There are smaller islands just off the coast of Venice that specialize in a couple of different crafts, one being glass blowing and another being lace-making, so that while Venice itself is a mixture of many (very ...
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