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... route across northwestern Spain that ends in Santiago de Compostela, reputedly home of old St. James’ dusty bones. Considering it is nearly 800 kilometres from St. Jean to Santiago and will take over a month to hike there I’m not surprised that’s all that’s left of him. In the interest of efficiency, and mostly of weakness, we will not be carrying our netbook with us so I’m not sure at this point how frequent or thorough our blog posts will ...
Venice for kids
... but it sounds like they would often end up as free-for-all melees with hundreds of men battling with fists and pointed sticks to get to the top of the bridge, taking many hours and with many deaths. This wasn't the only fighting bridge, but the name derives from the practice. We moved from the bridge along the Rio tera Canal (a rio is a canal, tera is earth, so a rio tera is a filled-in canal, often courtesy of Napoleon), and into Campo ...
Water anyone?
... the walls along with paintings of Greek gods, the Lady Venice and people bearing gifts of prosperity and good fortune to her. Not much of the old furniture was left, but later we found it in a jail cell tossed on top of each other in extremely careful care. (not) Connected to the palace is the Bridge of Sighs. It's where prisoners were led over to their fate in the palaces lonely, gray stoned dungeons that form a labyrinth of endless colorlessness. From the ...
Back streets & canals - The Hidden Venice
... of Giudecca which can be seen from the Zattere, a wide promenade on Dorsoduro’s southern embankment. In the mornings and evenings you can sit along the Zattere and watch the cruise ships glide past on the Giudecca Canal.
Cannaregio
This beautiful sestiere lies to the north of the city and is characterized by peaceful residential areas with long and wide fondamente (streets along a canal). This area remains undiscovered and gave us ...