Hotel Villa Rosa Malcesine

... Stairs lid to the second floor. This is called a "Golden Staircase" as they told us. It is gold-filled and really gorgeous. I've taken some photos with my iPhone, but yet the pictures can't show the full reality)))<br>So the inside of this palace was filled with wonderful paintings, old-fashioned rooms, reception rooms and there was even a room with maps of different centuries and eras.<br>After walking through the floors we went ...

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 ...

... 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>

... and ankles messed up. We then got on the Vaparretti to go back to Lido and our driver was we guess a new guy, because he missed every stop and had to back up. The gate guy was yelling at him and he was only doing like 1 mile an hour, then I thought well we will probably drown or something and then was crying again wanting to come home. I know it sounds like I am a cry baby, but I am and feel so far from home. Will ...

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 ...

... Magic Kingdom called Venice. There has been a lot of fuss because residents of Venice have their own vaporetto these days, the Number 3, and sometimes get discounts around town. Residents can also go to all the civic museums and Chorus churches for free, as well as other little perks here and there. Well, perks come with effort, you know! As we all know, nothing comes for free in this ...

... Not thick and gummy here. Very fresh tasting. Today we AGAIN tried to take the train to Padua, but this time there were technical difficulties and all of the trains were not running. At this point we decided to FORGET Padua - must be some reason we weren't supposed to go - probably it was because I found the most fabulous pair of shoes on the Lido! The Lido is another small island on the Adriatic not far off from Venice. We had a ...

... the accordion or violin. And still others make a puppet "dance" to music, which was what this one was doing. She really gathered quite a crowd. Finally, I hopped on another vaporetto and rode back up the Grand Canal to my hotel. By the time I got back, it was quite late and my roommates (it's a hotel with dorm-style rooms) had already gotten ready for bed, so I just crashed out for the night. My first evening in Venice was over.

... house the remains of St Mark the Evangelist, the Basilica of St Mark sits at one end of St Mark's Square, with a number of interesting buildings around the rest of the square. On one side of the Basilica is the Torre dell'Orologio with its ornate astrological clock, on the other sits the Palazzo Ducale (home of the Doges and Palace of Justice). In front is the Campanile (bell tower), from which fantastic views can be ...

We departed Split on a huge ferry and set sail into a great sunset. Destination, Venice. We actually arrived in Chioggia which turned out to be an hour bus ride from Venice after a sweaty walk through the town to locate the bus terminal. We perhaps a little stupidly didn't have any accommodation arranged in Venice as we were arriving early and we thought as it was later in the season it wouldn't be too difficult (we later learnt Venice gets over ...