Nazionale Hotel Venice

... smell of freshly baked croissants. MMMmmmmmm!!!! Yum! The breakfast was very tasty, here&#8217;s the pic) Italian coffee is great too!<br><br>I love the mornings in different towns, it's so interesting the moment the town begins to wake up, if you know what I mean.This moment in Venice is particularly beautiful and unique, you feel yourself not 21st but maybe in 14th of 16th century. It's like a wonderful fairy tale surrounding ...

... 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

... lemon veal<br>(VERY modern bathroom). Walked past shops in via 22 Marzo to La Fenice Opera<br>House, Bacino Orseolo with lots of gondolas parked, St Mark's Sq, all the way<br>to Santa Maria Formosa where Guido grew up in Calle del Paradiso (very old).<br>Ice cream in San Lio. Walked to Rialto &amp; took vap to San Marcuola to<br>S&amp;Gs. Rested &amp; ate dinner at Pontini's ...

... one public one. You have to drink or eat to use their toilet; however, tonight I did beg one place and they let me go without eating. Anyway, we were sitting in the sun drinking wine and people watching on the main canal. It was great and then I spilled wine on Mick, so we had to return to our room and change. The funniest thing is that I spilled the wine because I asked a passerby to take our picture so when I was ...

... long train ride from Munich (with lots of Oktoberfest participants) Vince and I arrived in Venice early in the morning. We probably slept 2-3 hours total, and were looking to drop our bags at the hotel at a minimum. I was close to a breaking point... and after listening to two ladies that worked at the hotel argue for 10 minutes, and experiencing an extremely unfriendly gentleman at the ...

... keeps the old historical view, just<br>making it look younger. Since the law is very strict about what to<br>renovate and how, it does not make sense for the landlords to do it -<br>cheaper to just close it down... It is very sad, especially if you use<br>a little imagination and add more color to those faded walls and<br>replace all those tourists with medievally-dressed dukes and barons. It<br>must have been a beauty back then - the one to fall in love with!<br><br><br ...

... 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>

... with the toppings put on it in quarters - one quarter is prosciutto, another quarter is mushroom, the 3rd quarter is artichokes, and the 4th is cheese w/ oregano. Quite tasty! While Dave worked on pasting our blogs from Word and inserting photos, I gazed out the window and people-watched. This was between 8 and 10pm - most of the tourists had gone back to their hotels - and the whole atmosphere of the neighborhood ...

... as on transportation costs. It's our first private "room," read tent, that we actually booked, and it will be nice not to be woken up all night, as we go to bed early and Micah rises with or before the sun! To our surprise we are liking the campground and would do it again! This is my second trip to Venice, although my first time planning it by myself, and seeing the world famous ...

... the shoe shops, the hand bag shops and the Gucci shops! Not by choice I might ad, more dependent on the budget unfortunately. I bought one piece of glass for us to remember our trip. It was late at night, on our way home and I spotted my perfect piece of art through the door. Then there were other people to buy for.....Karen being the most difficult! I was under an enormous amount of pressure with this one. She has quite an impressive little glass collection and we're not talking coke ...