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... 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>

... lunch (a 2fer). We went to the southern most part of the square to find a beautiful spot outside the museum entrance overlooking the sea and the southern coast of Venice. After catching our breath and replenishing our stomachs we decided to continue down the southern coast of Venice. Along the way we saw the Bridge of Sighs, where at one time it is said Cassenova crossed the bridge from the courthouse into the jail. The poetic name comes from the image of prisoners crossing the ...

... cool. That was almost heady stuff as we were punted through the canals, with the accordion and a singer adding a very "touristy" but worthwhile angle on Venice. The lower you are to the water, the better everything looks so it seems. I also enjoyed the little details of a city on water: DHL courier boats and stuff like that. :) After the gondola ride, we came across a canal that had been blocked at each end, then pumped out in order to carry out ...

... hostel is great, I lived through the plane ride, yadda yadda yadda. I,m awestruck by the relaxed beauty and culture here, and am taking lots of pictures and just breathing it all in. It,s safe and clean and a million times better than I even imagined. Time to take a siesta. Ciao ciao! (ps. the men are gorgeous. If I see one more tall, tanned, well-groomed man in a polo shirt wth the collar up that says bon giorno to me I may never come back!)

My second day in Venice and it's been great. I just hate that I have to leave tomorrow. Started off the day with the free breakfast at a cafe/bar across the campo and then I was off. A little tired from last night because my roomates got up at 4am to catch a train, but oh well, no time to sleep in. I've got things to see and some shopping to do. I didn't look in any of the shops yesterday as I was waiting for today, but there are so many beautiful things I couldn't ...

Well we got to our hotel, relaxed for a bit then had dinner downstairs. We had a nice dinner and I got sung "Happy Birthday" to! Some Italian man came over and gave me a kiss! My piano teacher gave me a gift that she was holding for me that my parents gave to her - I got a card with a cat and piano on it and a silver necklace that had a ...