Hotel Terme Milano Abano Terme

... The hostel I stayed at was a DUMP! It was really pretty terrible. But I slept well-enough and opted to avoid the 'shower' and wait for the cruise. Though I know that will be a cramped space, but at least it will (hopefully) be clean.

Arrivederci Italy! A presto.

Hopefully I'll find internet here and there while docked at various ports. But it may be a full week before you get any witty, intelligent, humorous updates from this particular traveler. ;)

Ciao!

... dinner we went to the casino for a quick go on the slot machines but no luck so we went to our cabin .

NEXT DAY

We woke up the next morning and we were had a full day at sea so it was a very relaxing day and everything was done at a slow pace the weather was good and very sunny so we spent most of the day by the pool and bar area laying around on the sun lounges .That night we had a farewell Gala Dinner and a stage show like nothing you have ...

... Venice so it is huge and absolutely gorgeous, it looks out onto the Gran Canal and is very close to San Marco Plaza (the big plaza in the city). The house also happens to share a roof with the Gugenheim Museum so we were able to peek in there and poke around for a little while after we saw the house. Satie's parents, who were visiting for the week offered to take all of us out to lunch and so it was nice to have a meal paid for and not have to worry about every dollar I spent ...

... it is amazing… no roads.. Some little footpaths and only boats of all shapes and sizes zipping around. We then went to San Marco.. The main square in Venice .. I would think on a fine day lots of tourists sipping cappuccino and feeding millions of pigeons… however as it was raining we took shelter and found a place to have the world’s most expensive coffee and tea while being serenaded by a 4 string quartet…. Very posh.. The ADRs ...

After the wedding we spent a few days in Venice before flying home. This is one of the cities I wish I could walk around without anyone else there. I am sure it is much more beautiful without the hundreds of people on every little bridge. It was a lot of fun wandering around, getting lost and then finding a place to enjoy a glass of wine.

cheers

... that one could practice and feel at the La Residence & Idrokinesis I really have recovered physically and spiritually. I have started to practice sport again and I contact periodically the doctor which has followed me and he advices me also by @-mail. Such a holiday I can strongly suggest it to all those who suffer from back pain and have permanently small aches and pains. Now that I haven't got them anymore I can live my life much more intensively.

... better than nothing, and just being close to Rick, even an outdated Rick, has made us feel better. As far as Venice itself? Maybe you, the gentle reader, are getting the idea we don't like this city. Nothing could be further from the truth. Aside from Toledo this is the best place we've been to so far. For me it reminds me of Vladivostok a bit, with the same sort of wind, and the same sort of a marine feel to it. And Diana just loves the peeling plaster.

... was the first island settled in the Venice area. It originally had 30,000 resident. There are now 21 permanent residents. But that's more than Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia. If I remember correctly, there are only about 15 in Peggy's Cove. After we returned to Venezia, we just started walking to areas we had not been to before. We were in places where there were no tourists. That ...

... imagine. We decided to go out with Rafael and Lauren and we headed towards Piazza San Marco. As brilliant as I described it as looking earlier when we came around that corner, 10 hours later, it was still brilliant but on a totally different sense. Those of you who know me, know that the last place I would normally go is to the most crowded square in a city to celebrate with drunken idiots. However, as a drunken idiot, in a place where thats what is supposed to happen ...

... million visitors every year and you are advised to always book...). An hour later and using the last 20 cents of our new phonecard we eventually found a room - the most expensive room of our travels and still only 1 star! - and as the phone cut out before we could confirm a reservation we grabbed our bags and raced to the hotel. Settled in we explored the city, first by ferry along the Grand Canal, the main canal through Venice lined with ...