La Basilica
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Venice and the crush of tourists
... arrived it turned out that we were the only two who had signed up. Off into his boat and into the Lagoon we went. We sailed out for about ¾ of an hour to arrive at a small island that is home to an order of Francesca monks who are the only inhabitants of this tiny island living in a old monastery. You walk up to the door and ring the bell and the Abbot, who only speaks Italian, welcomes you into the monastery. He figures out what language you need and ...
Floor ence and ven iss!
... Portugal game... Oh dear... The good news is that when the guys headed out for the night I had the best shower I've had in 2 weeks! Lots of room, warm water and no hand held shower head! Woo!! The next morning we split up, the guys went to see the David at the academie and I went to the Florence botanical gardens! They were amazing and had thousands of species along with a dinosaur in the flesh exhibit throughout the gardens! After a couple of ...
Engaged in Venice!!!
Ok so after a fantastic day in Venice, Brendon and I decided to take a Gondula ride. It was beautiful, the sun was setting and we were in this really spiffy Gondola and just enjoying the relaxing ride around Venice. We go down a quiet alley way and then Brendon pulls out a little box, we look at each other and he asked me if I would marry him!!! The ring inside was beautiful and Brendon ...
Serenissimamente
... for me at the railway station; he moved from Milan to Venice to study Chinese at the local university, the most renowned place in Italy for the study of Eastern cultures. I take a few moments to leave my backpack and I start rushing behind Mattia throughout calli, campi and sottoporteghi (the Venetian names for places and streets). My friend is able to find his way without any problem in this labyrinthine old town, and in ...
St. Mark's Square and glass blowing demonstration!
... I couldn’t even see the sunrise because from where our hotel was located, we weren’t even facing the east side plus secondly, the tall buildings around us would have made it impossible for us to see it! Oh well…..I was still able to take other beautiful pictures of the Grand Canal under different lighting!
This morning, I decided to wear my navy blue ...
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