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... Stairs lid to the second floor. This is called a "Golden Staircase" as they told us. It is gold-filled and really gorgeous. I've taken some photos with my iPhone, but yet the pictures can't show the full reality)))<br>So the inside of this palace was filled with wonderful paintings, old-fashioned rooms, reception rooms and there was even a room with maps of different centuries and eras.<br>After walking through the floors we went ...

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 ...

... and ankles messed up. We then got on the Vaparretti to go back to Lido and our driver was we guess a new guy, because he missed every stop and had to back up. The gate guy was yelling at him and he was only doing like 1 mile an hour, then I thought well we will probably drown or something and then was crying again wanting to come home. I know it sounds like I am a cry baby, but I am and feel so far from home. Will ...

I have practised sport since I was a child, since my father gave me my first rugby ball... I must have been about 6 years old! Now I am 36 and my physic does not react anymore as before! I have realized my need of having some cures which could allow me to recover the physical form... of my twenties! As sportsman, as well as extremely dynamic person, I would have never been satisfied of a simple physiotherapy, especially if I would have had to do it in ...

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 ...

... young lovers have vanished mysteriously. A recreation of one of Georgio's Madonna paintings is on the side of the church. *The Ponte de Rialto was built through a design competition after many wooden bridges collapsed during the night (vandalized). Michelangelo and many other famous artists of the day entered but an unknown, Sebastiano, won with a marble (?) design that would allow boats without their masts to pass underneath. After his efforts also collapsed during the ...

Venice is great. Beautiful and super laid back, it was a nice break after Rome. The city proper reminded us a lot of a Moroccan Kasbah - narrow winding streets with houses packed tightly together, interspersed with all sorts of shops. The main difference being a complete lack of stray cats, no sewage on the streets and significantly less beggars and street urchins. A nice, clean, Westernised, rich Kasbah. With water. Alright so the differences outnumber the similarities, but ...

... duomo is through a huge archway and the top of the inside is adorned with all sorts of religious paintings. The domed roof looks like a cathedral top, and come to think of it, it might've been shaped like a crucifix. This building housed, of course, a Prada and a Louis Vuitton. And a McDonald's. Clearly, the two major religions in Italy are Catholicism and fashion. And Milan is the home of the most hideously fashionable people in all of Italy. It's the city where all the ...

... obvious. To my shame, I responded and yes, scratched his head! Bloody cat! 15 minutes later, we parted, he sated and me flushed with shame (and hives!) I blame the stuck up Italian Dogs!!! Roma ... part 2 My second day in Roma was a good as the first, and our tour director, Ruth is great - friendly, kind and very funny. The tour is more American, so its a different feel to the last one, but most people are fun and polite. We had the misfortune to start the tour on a national ...