Hotel Villa Odino Quarto D'Altino

... 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 ...

... to sing Happy Birthday to him. He is gone from our world now and we miss him. Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday deaaaarrrrr John and Grandpaaaaaaa, Haaappppyyyy Birrrtttthhhdaaay ttoooo yooooouuuuu!!<br>Love<br>Mick and Lisa<br>XXXX<br>OOO

... bigoli (fat spagh) with<br>scallops and mushrooms, bacala alla vicentina (baked creamed cod). Arrivederci<br>S&amp;G!!!!!!!!!<br>This has been an incredible trip <br>. We can,t wait to come back. We leave here tommorrow at 6AM for the airport.<br>I have taken over 200 pictures si I will upload them when we get home. Nothing here<br><br> really works with my camera or my cellphone. <br>

... 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 ...

... over 5 miles. <br>A lot of people told us we'd visit Venice regularly over the next few years while we are stationed in Aviano....and I think they might be right. Venice is an enchanting place, and the food is pretty darn good as well.<br>Allen and I are hopeless romantics, so this place seems to suite us well. ;)<br>

This last weekend was sure a busy one! On Friday, we didn't have class because we had a field trip through school to go to Sienna and San Gimignano. We had to meet at the train station to get on the coach buses, but since we had to be there so early, we stopped at the McD's there and had some American coffee...in a to-go cup, which after a few weeks of having a few sips be considered a cup of coffee, it was ...

Dear friends and family, as we write this entry, we have been on the road for over 1 month. When we started our travels, lounging in the Greek Isles, we lost all sense of time, with only bus schedules and ferry timetables to remind us. Not much has changed in that regard but as the time adds up, we are now looking back on many things that we planned and looked forward to for a long time. We miss you all very much... Now Venice. We arrived late the first night on a ...

... get there than taking a boat," Dave pants as he runs. "Those motorboats are too wide to fit through some of them little canals and will have to go the long way round." 18:53 Agi finishes the roadblock and she and Claudia set off for the Pitstop. "We're last," says Agi. "We might as well enjoy the city - lets walk instead of taking a boat." 18:57 A team enters Piazza San Marco, running towards the jewel-box basilica. Who is it, who is ...

... of shops around selling every possible glass-made item contrivable. Most of these shops also had showrooms with some real masterpieces - some of it really blew me away. Wandering around back on 'mainland Venice' I chanced upon an interesting art studio, where the artist makes pieces out of solid pieces of wood. Things like jackets hanging off coatracks (apparently in featured in Pulp Fiction ...

... moment we were on the gondola, we began taking pictures like crazy. I'm sure the boatmen had a good laugh when we got off. No true gondola ride for me... BECAUSE Lindsay, Kate and I splurged for an evening in the Piazza San Marco. It's a very nice area where restaurants have little "porches" outside for their finely dressed musicians to play ...