Hotel Terme Milano Abano Terme

... and shout in minimum 100 different languages. Yes, everything became usual again... <br><br>At that time we hurried to the Square, we had to manage to visit at least the Doge's Palace. <br><br>First we tried to enter San Marco church BUT the queue!!!!!!!!! It was so big, we had no time.. <br>By the way, I learnt that the first coffee shop in Europe opened exactly on this square. Venice was then the biggest trading town in Europe, so it ...

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 ...

... me, I love to start a conversation. Anyway, we met a guy from Detroi, two other guys from Washington, a girl from Arizona, a girl from Philladelphia and then a couple from Springfield. I was in talking heaven. We came back to our room, played cards and drank Budweiser we found at a grocery store here on Lido. Then journyed back for an evening stroll in Venice which turned into another evening "FALL" FOR ME!! Yes ...

... that one could practice and feel at the La Residence &amp; 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.

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 ...

... down in the square. Everyone was anyways... I wondered how they can enforce this but found out later. I saw a lady with a piece of paper that described the rules in 4 or 5 languages. She was going around asking people not to eat or drink or sit. Most people looked at her weird and walked away, probably because she was speaking Italian. I would hate to have to wake up and do that everyday. But before I saw this lady we decided to really break the law and found a place to sit down and ...

... Italy. :) Heading back to Saint Marco square in Venice, we took a tour with a local tour guide who was very good - though a little hard to understand - which was just gold in terms of understanding so much about the place. We covered lots of ground all across Venice, and in and out of all manner of places. Of course, Venice isn't Venice without a gondola ride, so that's what we did. Now, I'd been expecting a good time on the Gondola but, well ...

... is warm-hot with the occassional breeze. Everyone around me is tanned. You can tell who the local italians are because everyone looks normal until they walk into a room. Suddenly everyone else looks like a dork next to mr/miss italiancool. The men do look alot more than at home, but it,s not leering. A girl might get a big head with all the guys looking at her, if she wouldn,t notice that they,re staring at all the women ;) Anyway ...

... in glittering detail. This is a Roman Catholic church, but is built in the Orthodox style with a separate gallery for women! The Palace of the Doges next door is equally magnificent - all the wood work is covered in 24 carat gold! In this case, all that glitters is gold! After my camera debarcle, I strolled back to the hotel and felt somewhat cheered. When you can't photograph, you have to really look and pay attention. Perhaps that's the lesson for today. Next stop, Assisi and Sorrento! Ciao!!