Villa Edera Hotel Malcesine

... smell of freshly baked croissants. MMMmmmmmm!!!! Yum! The breakfast was very tasty, here&#8217;s the pic) Italian coffee is great too!<br><br>I love the mornings in different towns, it's so interesting the moment the town begins to wake up, if you know what I mean.This moment in Venice is particularly beautiful and unique, you feel yourself not 21st but maybe in 14th of 16th century. It's like a wonderful fairy tale surrounding ...

... 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>

... one public one. You have to drink or eat to use their toilet; however, tonight I did beg one place and they let me go without eating. Anyway, we were sitting in the sun drinking wine and people watching on the main canal. It was great and then I spilled wine on Mick, so we had to return to our room and change. The funniest thing is that I spilled the wine because I asked a passerby to take our picture so when I was ...

... 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>

... Since Venice is seeking to attract more educated tourists, I'll try to do my bit and give a few details about what you are buying. Together we can imagine a magical Venice, mixing a dash of the glory of the past together with the present reality. Here is an edited version of an article I wrote for the International Herald Tribune - Italy Daily about Sergio and his brother ...

... shops, and all the designer shops you can think of. However, neither of us are shoppers, but it was fun to walk by. We spent most of the day just walking around, taking in the sights. We stopped by a church that holds the remains of John the Baptists father. There was a service going on, so we just popped in, and sat at the back. Covering the walls and ceiling were ...

... on a bench to talk to an older local who meant no harm to us, but complained about the flood of tourists year round causing the pricing of everything to rise. we felt bad of course, but we are from southern California where it seems that everybody and their mother wants to move to so we just smiled and said we were sorry. anyway Venice is beautiful and its shame that it can not be illuminated better through words, but its truly a place you have to see in person.

... expect, provides magnificent views over Venice. Not cheap at EUR6 per entry, but at least that does include a lift to the top! San Giorgio Maggiore Just across the Grand Canal from St Mark's Square, on its own little island, San Giorgio Maggiore is a great alternative to the Campanile. It's much cheaper, much less crowded, and although you don't get to see as much of the square itself, you do get to see across the islands.

... more to sit pushes the budget! We also discovered an Italian system called 'coverto' where they charge you an extra two + dollars to sit at a restaurant - why else do you eat at a restaurant?! Pizza and a bottle of wine at the hotel was good enough! We also tried an afternoon spritza, a wine, bitters and soda water drink that is a nice pinky/red colour and drunk (at 4:30pm) by all the fashionable people in Venice :-) Not really to our taste ...