Venezia 2000 Hotel & Residence Malcesine

... The hostel I stayed at was a DUMP! It was really pretty terrible. But I slept well-enough and opted to avoid the 'shower' and wait for the cruise. Though I know that will be a cramped space, but at least it will (hopefully) be clean.

Arrivederci Italy! A presto.

Hopefully I'll find internet here and there while docked at various ports. But it may be a full week before you get any witty, intelligent, humorous updates from this particular traveler. ;)

Ciao!

... Well Tilly liked a nice bracelet with gold and blue Turquoise so I said to the man we only have a small amount of lira so what price could he do it for as we were trying to work if it was a good price or not and converting Lira to Euro and then to $ we were confused well we said that we will have a look around and may come back this is when the man starting shouting in Turkish you have just broken my business and kept screaming at us so we started to walk ...

... The evening was spent exploring the city streets and trying to find a place that had good food, was near the canal and was not terribly expensive....nothing like that existed so we settled for an expensive meal of pizza which turned out to be worth all the money we spent. We stayed out until about 2am exploring and arrived back at our hostel, weary and ready for sleep.
Yesterday we woke up fairly late (about 930am or so) and after eating a free breakfast at the hostel (such ...

... it is amazing… no roads.. Some little footpaths and only boats of all shapes and sizes zipping around. We then went to San Marco.. The main square in Venice .. I would think on a fine day lots of tourists sipping cappuccino and feeding millions of pigeons… however as it was raining we took shelter and found a place to have the world’s most expensive coffee and tea while being serenaded by a 4 string quartet…. Very posh.. The ADRs ...

After the wedding we spent a few days in Venice before flying home. This is one of the cities I wish I could walk around without anyone else there. I am sure it is much more beautiful without the hundreds of people on every little bridge. It was a lot of fun wandering around, getting lost and then finding a place to enjoy a glass of wine.

cheers

... in Switzerland who was in Venice at the same time, we were going to meet up during Carnival, I told him to meet at San Marco Place in Venice (the most popular square) at the front center of a stage that had been there the night before. Turns out Giorgio and I were about 30 min past the scheduled time to meet Neal from Switzerland due to the long and beautiful ferry rides, and to find the square jam packed, and that stage I said to meet at... a performance was being held and ...

... us that bit closer to Istanbul in Turkey, where we'll get our flight to Korea in a little over 3 weeks (September 22nd to be exact). Anyway, our first stop in Italy was Venice and we spent a large chunk of the 13th day of our trip on trains (4 in total) getting there. Venice Read any pamphlet on Venice and it'll tell you the same thing; that it's a unique city and every bit as beautiful and romantic as its reputation suggests. Which it is. But ...

... Looked in many shops, made some purchases. A hour and a half later of arriving in the city I came to St Mark's Square. The line to go into the basilica was very short, 5 minutes later I was in there. I had forgotten how marvelous the gold mosaiced ceiling is, unfortunately I wasn't allowed to take photos. The mosaic stone flooring is uneven- have watch where you are walking! The basilica is Byzantine style and was built for the resting place of St ...

Knowing that we weren't arriving in Venice until 1:00 this afternoon, Alana and I had decided to spend the morning enjoying the sun on the top deck before lunch time. Our alarm went off at 9am, but I had already been awake for quite some time because of the crazy rocking and rolling of the ship. Still half asleep, I walked over to the window only to find that it was pouring rain outside and we were traveling across ...

... famous for it's market shopping. As we continued on towards the Church of Santa Maria Dei Frari, we pass a stall selling delicious fruit salads, and ... coconut things. Justy bought one coz it looked delicious. It wasn't quite what she expected and she put on a brave face eating it (Photo 6) and I tried a piece myself (Photo 6) and yeh, it is not a go-er. Stay away! After finally arriving, Justy and I took to using an audio guide inside the church, whilst Jen and Wen went exploring nearby ...