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Travel day to city ON the water
Today was a travel day again. We left our wonderful host David for Venice. We traveled on the A1 superhighway for a couple hours and got on a bus from the Bolgna airport after returning our rental car. We just missed the train to Venice after Tami got clunked on the foot by her own luggage rushing up the stairs. No sweat - we waited for the next …
Grappa
... and voila there is grappa. I reallly do not like it, it is way too strong for me, but it was nice to see anyway. Since it was beginning of winter, they put up a fake ice-skating field in the middle of the square. It was a beautiful, sunny day and the ice-pad felt a little out of place, but the idea is very nice.
On our way home we stopped at cittadella, which is medieval city, that still has the old ...
Are We There Yet?
... Amish dress. The carriages seemed to just creep along, so vulnerable, as cars and trucks roared by on the highway. We saw a sign for a “Mud Sale” at a small town building, which we later learned was a sale of Amish handmade goods. Our destination was Franklin and Marshall college, a small liberal arts school in Lancaster, that Gabe was interested in seeing. On a quick walk around campus, we had the remarkable luck of ...
Carnivale in Venice
... a small bridge. Her formal dress was all black. Her mask: pure white and adorned with feathers, gave her a very eerie look. I remember thinking to myself that this would be a very terrifying sight had I been in any other place in the world. In this case it was simply interesting. What we did find strange was that the party promptly ended at 1AM for most people. Apparently, Venice is not a city for nightlife. Of course, this is barring the elegant masquerade balls that take place ...
Venice is Drinking
... He also instructed us to kiss under the Rialto, which was also less than romantic considering he gave out directions during; "slowly," he said.
We took our time going to dinner and had a great evening and end of the day.
This morning we awoke to find that Venice got drunk last night and stumbled into the canal. Large portions of San Marco were under water and droves of tourists were slowly making their way across improvised walkways to get to where ...