Hotel Formentin Abano Terme

... smell of freshly baked croissants. MMMmmmmmm!!!! Yum! The breakfast was very tasty, here&#8217;s the pic) Italian coffee is great too!<br><br>I love the mornings in different towns, it's so interesting the moment the town begins to wake up, if you know what I mean.This moment in Venice is particularly beautiful and unique, you feel yourself not 21st but maybe in 14th of 16th century. It's like a wonderful fairy tale surrounding ...

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 ...

... lemon veal<br>(VERY modern bathroom). Walked past shops in via 22 Marzo to La Fenice Opera<br>House, Bacino Orseolo with lots of gondolas parked, St Mark's Sq, all the way<br>to Santa Maria Formosa where Guido grew up in Calle del Paradiso (very old).<br>Ice cream in San Lio. Walked to Rialto &amp; took vap to San Marcuola to<br>S&amp;Gs. Rested &amp; ate dinner at Pontini's ...

... one public one. You have to drink or eat to use their toilet; however, tonight I did beg one place and they let me go without eating. Anyway, we were sitting in the sun drinking wine and people watching on the main canal. It was great and then I spilled wine on Mick, so we had to return to our room and change. The funniest thing is that I spilled the wine because I asked a passerby to take our picture so when I was ...

... where I am writing this from. We are suppose to get together tonight for a small welcome party! Not sure how long I will last! At last my roommate Dolly arrived back and all along the keys were hanging inside the door. Well after about a 1 hour nap I was ready to go. We all walked over to the party! Lots of people, probably most of Murano! It actually was a birthday party for one of the Maestro Davide Salvadore. What an honour to ...

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 ...

... them there..tratoria madonna...i though you cant go wrong with madonna? So first off...if the food was bad, the company was horrible...the internet guy, Mallo, was nice but spoke very little english (still more than we spoke italian--i now say pronto, ciao, bonjourno, gratzi which is better than in spain when i kept saying gato...p.s. no gatos in italy--thank goodness!).. So Mallo was enamored with kristi and kept trying to cut her food..weird. His ...

... Hmm, there's a theme here....) Outside, this church wasn't as striking as others we had seen, but inside.... wow. There was something really, really impressive about it. Standing at the entrance and looking forward, the rear of the high-vaulted area looked computer generated - it was lit in a way that made it just seem unreal. (Helped a lot of course by the fact that it really was hard to believe how massive the place was and how well decorated.) What was ...

... I think they were just being kind because they knew our predicament, and we made plans to all meet at the sculpture if the answer was "yes." After our trip to the island of Murano to see its glass factories, we went to the top of the Campanile in St. Mark's Square and enjoyed the amazing view it lent. We went to dinner, and then headed to a church to hear Vivaldi's "Four Seasons." This is my absolute favorite piece of classical music, and it was hair-raising to hear the first ...

... though I only know where I am going based on sight. I may have overlooked a few rights and lefts. So I leave on the train to Florence tomorrow at 1:22. I'll be up early again so I go wander around for a few more hours before I have to leave. Wish so badly that I could stay for longer, but I WILL be back. My advice to everyone is go to Venice. It is the most amazing place ever and nothing I could say could ever do it justice, you just have ti see it ti believe it. Ciao!