Magnolia Abano Terme

... and shout in minimum 100 different languages. Yes, everything became usual again... <br><br>At that time we hurried to the Square, we had to manage to visit at least the Doge's Palace. <br><br>First we tried to enter San Marco church BUT the queue!!!!!!!!! It was so big, we had no time.. <br>By the way, I learnt that the first coffee shop in Europe opened exactly on this square. Venice was then the biggest trading town in Europe, so it ...

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>

... me, I love to start a conversation. Anyway, we met a guy from Detroi, two other guys from Washington, a girl from Arizona, a girl from Philladelphia and then a couple from Springfield. I was in talking heaven. We came back to our room, played cards and drank Budweiser we found at a grocery store here on Lido. Then journyed back for an evening stroll in Venice which turned into another evening "FALL" FOR ME!! Yes ...

... which was called "the Café without doors" because for a long time, in the beginning, was open day and night. From a waiter we have been told the story and were impressed by the number of artists, who used to frequent it such as Stendahl, Fusinato, D'Annunzio, the futurist Marinetti and Eleonora Duse. From this experience I have understood that people in Abano are entertaining, pleasant and joyful. Their cordiality passes with the tranquillity and ...

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 ...

... and about the architecture in an interesting context. A few of the stories I remember: *Franco who was driven mad with unfounded suspicions about the faithfulness of his beautiful wife Elena to the point of cutting of her head in front of the Doge, who then ordered him to walk with her corpse to Rome and ask the Pope what his punishment would be. The Pope would not see him, so Franco walked all the way back and drowned himself in the Grand Canal and can be seen haunting ...

... alone... Once I got home, Stefano and his friend Laura met me at the station and we went back to the house so that I could change and wash up a bit. I changed and we went out. We first went for aperitifa in Parma then went to a party in the country at a guy's house named Gonzo. It was amazing. You pay 20 Euro and you get dinner and drinks all night. So we ate, drank and danced all night. The dance floor was under a tree and everyone of all ages ...

... is it did help me snap out of the funk I had mentioned from Croatia. I was staying at a really good camping ground about 30 minutes out of the city that was totally self-sufficient with a pool, restaurant and bar. It was one of the easiest settings to make friends: grab a beer from the mini-mart walk to the outdoor bar or the ping pong table and strike up a conversation with the closest group, who odds are, are from Australia. All of a sudden I was feeling good again. En ...

... in my attempts to attract their attention! In Switzerland, I was in a boutique and in came this lovely scruffy blonde number with a styish human in toe. When I asked if the dog was friendly, her owner said no, and I replied, perhaps the dog didn't enjoy shopping! Her owner laughed - Everyone enjoys shopping!! Italy is the land of 10 000 stairs and I have done most of them! I don't believe all these steps are necessary, but every place of interest has a mandatory 500 steps to get to ...