Sofitel Venezia In Isola Venice

... I was walking and imagining how people used to leave here for centuries starting from Medieval times when Venice was the center of the Europe. Walking through that almost empty and peaceful tiny streets I could feel all the history of this gorgeous town. This was the REAL Venice. <br><br>I was just walking through this tale enjoying the morning when at about 10 o'clock 1000 of noisy, loudy tourists filled this wonderful place and began to ...

... 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 ...

... into Mick I spilled the wine ,right? But get over this the guy took the picture of us with the wine spilled anyway I am attaching both and you will see. Met a lot of nice people today, (Americans) because we were wearing our Cardinal stuff. I did not know there were so many Americans. You are afraid to talk because right away you get the cold shoulder from the Italians so you just stop talking to people and you ...

... 8217;s, we had to wait over half an hour. After a day of bus&#8217;s, more bus&#8217;s, planes, more bus&#8217;s and trains this ****** us off. Just part of the brutality of travelling. <br> When the shuttle bus picked us up and took us to our cheep campsite just outside of Rome we were amazed. Neither of us had ever seen a campsite so huge. It had it&#8217;s own supermarket, restaurant, pizzeria, hardware store, marketplace, Olympic size swimming pool, another swimming pool ...

... the scenery gets better and better, Fantastic views out over the Adriatic ocean with large islands as far into the distance as you can see.<br>A ferry takes us across to Pag Island where we will be staying, Unfortunately i leave dinner a little late and have to eat the scraps which are still pretty good. We walk around looking at the local shops and i try Red Bull flavored ice cream before returning to my own room where i get a great nights sleep on a good bed and no one else to disturb me.

... 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>

... we went in October. Burano was so lovely. It was just as I remembered it. All of the houses are painted different colors and they are all lined up along the canal. It was raining pretty badly that day so we walked around and then found a cute little café to have lunch at. It was so cold that I even had hot chocolate and because Italian hot chocolate is literally just chocolate heated up, so yummy! We explored the Island ...

... and fruit to garnish. that the apretivo there is a red that is 75% alcohol and the orange is like 24%. so he proceeds to find some ingredients left around their party that will work to make a basic one. and we find out he is from england, married to an Italian living in Padova not far away and their whole group does this every year and rents out the floor as one of the gentleman is the engineer that is helping to restore the bldg. and it was someones birthday. so had a ...

... I was putting in place some of the pieces of the jigsaw I have been constructing from grade school through my college course in Italian Renaissance architecture. A particular section in the arch of the ceiling, at either end of a fresco, were black and white figures ... statues. Up there in the ceiling. But they weren't statues. The guide explained that over 400 shades ...