Hotel Terme Savoia Abano Terme

... I was walking and imagining how people used to leave here for centuries starting from Medieval times when Venice was the center of the Europe. Walking through that almost empty and peaceful tiny streets I could feel all the history of this gorgeous town. This was the REAL Venice. <br><br>I was just walking through this tale enjoying the morning when at about 10 o'clock 1000 of noisy, loudy tourists filled this wonderful place and began to ...

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 ...

... into Mick I spilled the wine ,right? But get over this the guy took the picture of us with the wine spilled anyway I am attaching both and you will see. Met a lot of nice people today, (Americans) because we were wearing our Cardinal stuff. I did not know there were so many Americans. You are afraid to talk because right away you get the cold shoulder from the Italians so you just stop talking to people and you ...

... oh yes did take a photo! We returned about 8pm, visited with the other girls checked out their pics from Burano, had a glass of wine, went to bed at 11pm and woke back up at 2:30am, so now i can not go back to sleep. Not sure if still adjusting or just so excited about class tomorrow. 2 things we are doing ...

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 ...

... to use the bathrooms. I dont think that I will be able to find it again. When we were sitting there a Arabic man approached me and could only say "stazione .. stazione" I whipped out my map and tried to help but may have done more harm than good. We wandered around this district in the middle of the city for a few more hours, found another independent contemporary art exhibit that had a beautiful painting of a city setting done with only colored rectangles. There was also a ...

... place. (sorry can't remember the name and I lost my map of Venice, but it's the place next to the church). Damn this place has a lot of paintings. Crazy ass paintings. Many steps. Got to see some armour and weapons. Then I looked at my watch and thought, damn I'd better get out of here if I'm gonna get any shopping done. Yeah right... .I try to follow the exit signs out.... and they lead me to the dungeon. This is where the prisons were. I would not want ...

... by yelling at each other at the top of their lungs in the middle of a busy campo, the dude started getting violent towards his new bride so Carla and I went and put a stop to it all Aussie style. The weak **** geeks standing there watching it take place should hang their heads in shame! SHAME I TELLS YA! Lots of gelati and pizza for all.

... way to watch the sun setting. The Grande Canal from the Rialto turns into this golden canal with the sun reflecting off of it. The boat and gondolas turn into this dark shadows backlit by the sun on the water. So beautiful. Then I went to St. Mark's and then to the waterfront just around the corner. The sunset tonight was better than last night as it wasn't cloudy anymore. The deep orange sun was just going down behind the big basilica on the island across the water ...