San Marco Hotel Malcesine

... brought a lot of goods for the first time to Europe from the East.<br><br>But we did manage to visit the Doge's Palace which was really great. <br><br>Doge&#8217;s palace is located on the same San Marco square, and San Marco church was Doge&#8217;s private capella. <br>So we entered the palace and found ourselves in a big yard. There we could see the San Marco church from inside, it was not as gorgeous as from outside but still ...

... 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

... 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>

... fell down the steps over one of the small canals and this one was the other knee. This time a woman ran up to help and Mick was telling her no, no, she's O.K., I was a cripple or something. Wow, I am not sure what is going on with me, but I was trying to zip up my coat and the stairs moved. Really though they are kind of deeper than regular stairs or something anyway that is why you will see a pic of now both my ...

... 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>

... just landed. On my feet not problem. Jill and Ian were at the landing spot with Poppy taking photos. They headed off to town to meet the guys for their trip. Pete had to go back to town as he had had problems getting money out. I lay on the ground with an unhappy Poppy, missing her parents. At 1 they appeared in the sky and seemed to stay close together before very graceful landings. Jill had done it once before and Ian hadn't been bothered before. It had been ...

Thanks JT for the explanation of the hotel bathroom equipment. Some how I dont think it falls into the class of the Montana trip question of that young gal! You have to keep rubbing that one in, dont you. We finally did figure out how to get electricity last night, but by that time Sue was asleep and I was ready to crash as well. Our train ride went fairly well, after we figured out that they changed the track for ...

... and preparing to eat the Libra. I knew something starry was going on. I'm going to keep a better eye peeled for these kinds of clues from now on. So we needed to be back on a traghetto (no. 82) at 10:30 to return to the train station, get our luggage, and take the next boatbus-traghetto to the harbor by noon. Our big ANEK ferry left at 2. At least - I THOUGHT our boat left at 2. This oh-so humble author forgot to doublecheck the time until ...

... the million or so other tourists there that day. Wine!!!! We spent part of a day driving around Chianti, tasting and buying wine. Then we spent part of another day driving to Montepulciano and repeating the experience. The kids had fun, as both Claudia and Spencer shared in the tasting and discussion of which wines were their favorites. Rick was the designated driver, so the kids could sample to their hearts content. Actually, their way of ...

... through the winding streets, headed to the place everyone goes - San Marco. The Rialto Bridge is just a few minutes away from the hotel, so we stop there first for a few photos and to just stand on the bridge and view the Grand Canal in front of us as the sun is setting. View of the Grand Canal from the Rialto Bridge A gondola There are signs everywhere pointing the way to San Marco, and its impossible to ...