Hotel San Giuliano
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Carnivale di Venezia
In its most general sense, carnival celebrates the body, the senses, and the unofficial, uncanonized relations among human beings that nonetheless exist. Next to death, perhaps only death, carnival is the great equalizer. The traditional and omnipresent barriers of caste, race, profession, and age temporarily dissolve, and in their place grows a …
It's Not the Holiday Inn
The San Giuliano hotel, across the long bridge that connects the island of Venice to its less alluring mainland counterpart, is a pleasant stay. The quality of the facilities is about what one would expect for the hotel’s surroundings: a middle-class neighborhood just a few blocks to a commercial district and a short bus ride to an industrial …
Bold and Italicized
... of well-dressed Romans briskly walking home from work was much like desperately fighting your way through a raging forest fire, although at least in a forest of smooth, rich Marlboro trees.
While we did meet a number of friendly and helpful people, most of whom did not seem nearly as reluctant to speak English as we had heard (although they were far less receptive to Spanish than I had imagined when I repeatedly lumped the two languages together like Greek brothers ...
Day 4
... upside down. We started to leave and the policeman waved his "reflector on a stick" for us to come talk to him. Luckily he did not speak English so he let us go. We pulled over so many times to take pictures that the same trash truck passed us about 5 times. Drove through Roccarasso (Pronunciation: Rock and *******) That's what it sounds like when the locals say it. Ancona was the 1st ...
Water anyone?
... alleyways all start to look the same after a while with some distinguishing features like flowers or a clock or clothes hanging out to dry in the scorching sun.
We had really good food again. I sooooo recommend you come to Italy even if it is just for the food. Ahem, so, really good pasta for lunch.
We took our first gondola today. Not a touristy one with it's own opera star, but the one the locals take to get across the Grand Canal. And it cost ...