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The Magical world of Venezia!
... there were more, many more original characters but I cannot currently recall. Every one of these masks was hand made by her bosses, in paper mâché in the traditional methods of the day, each one was a master crafted piece of art in itself! It was so artistically inspiring and definitely a Venice highlight for me.
On our second day we took the lonely planets advice and boarded the number one vaporetti and rode all around the grand canal getting our sight seeing fix, we ...
A Few Hours was Enough for Me
Day 13:
The train ride sucked. I'm definitely getting a sleeper next night train. I had 2 drunk guys in there with me and one insisted on laying on my lap. It was like Eurotrip. Thankfully they got off at the first stop. I was able to lay down on the bench and get some sleep. It was hard to sleep since I kept feeling like I overslept. Not that it mattered since I missed the station even awake. Between dreams, I looked out the window and saw tons of vinyards ...
Venice, Trickster of Italy
... are choked with tourists all the time, others dark and unsafe feeling. The canals are full of gondolas and speed-boats, and getting around without one means expensive public transport or good comfortable shoes. The supermarkets are small and understocked and eating out is the only option for us as we have no fridge and no kitchen to use. Where once we sniffed at meals over €5, we are lucky to find anything under €15 here. We spot a ...
Two weeks late- but here's our final day
... on called the Arsenale along the old ship building center of Venice. We were given carnival masks to wear as we entered the dinner hall. The masks are made out of papier mache. The Roman Catholic Religion was a pwerful force through much of Venice's history, so during carnival's the well-to-do Venitians would don masks so that if the behavior became "uncatholic" the bishops would not now who ...
Water water everywhere...
... beams supporting the ceiling are a mixture of modern and old timbers, some round, some square[ish], some looking like they have been attacked by borer. It certainly adds character but when you lie in bed and notice that one side of the room’s ceiling is 15 cm higher than the other side, which is supported by bracing beams which have in turn have also been braced, you wonder if the local council has anything resembling building codes of compliance, and whether ...


