Grand Formosa

... and I went to talk to the mother to see if we could get to the bottom of the situation.  Apparently, there are a grand total of 50 family members all living in the same house.  The mother and father have approximately 10 children, some of whom ...

... hour with a vacant stare on their faces. The army commands the guards here. We then stopped for our buffet lunch at the Grand Hotel. The lunch had something for everyone. Madame Kai Shek wanted a five star hotel to accomodate as well as to entertain ...

... we are met by Don’s uncle and cousins who take us ALL out for lunch and sightseeing. Lunch was delicious and on a grand scale. They ordered a massive amount of food that we couldn’t finish before heading over to their place for tea and fruit. ...

... because it looks like a transformer toy – more like the leg of Optimus Prime or Megatron.  It is really called the Grand Formosa Building or Kaohsiung 85 Building (there are 85 stories).  On the way there, we stop in the stock market ...

... have to wait an hour. There were several stops along the gorge: a small canyon, the swallow grotto, a suspension bridge, the Grand Formosa hotel, and Eternal Spring Shrine. The gorge really is very beautiful and very impressive: the water running down the ...

... the sunniest, hottest day we'd had yet in Taiwan, so a Plan B was in order. Plan B was to go over to the nearby Grand Formosa Hotel and ask if they could call us a taxi.  After some difficult communication (I tried with all my might to remember some ...

... bridge in a direction we hadn't taken before and enjoyed a relatively cheap dinner in a restaurant in Campo Santa Maria Formosa. DAY 33 WED And now for something completely different. After several days of battling our way through hordes of ...

... heard earlier – a 3 hour warning) but judged our shoes fit to leave the B&B. The usual route (past Santa Maria Formosa) was underwater so we trudged around the block looking for paths that were drier. In our travels we found a little cat hotel ...

... often surprisingly interesting when viewed from a different position. We continued on, visiting one lovely square after another (S. Formosa, S. Silvestro, S. Polo, S. Toma, Campo dei Frairi), slowly winding our way back toward our hotel for lunch and a ...

... walk to hit the Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni before it closes at midday. Take a glance at the graceful Santa Maria Formosa, then follow Calle del Paradiso via Campo Santa Marina toward a miracle born of marble, Santa Maria dei Miracoli. After a ...

... ;      Katey stumbled on the hotel that she had stayed in 30 years ago near the church of S.Maria Formosa (apparently means she of the big bosoms..) Barbara and Ruve now in Venice with us after near debacle at train station which was ...

... have been difficult to transport. On our return to Venice we found a Rick Steve’s recommended restaurant just off Santa Maria Formosa Piazza for another quite fabulous lunch.  We had the best fried anchovies we have ever had!!  Yum.  ...

... checked in. Apparently we'll get a canal view. If any of you want to see our hotel, head to the Casa Santa Maria Formosa website and it's just as pictured. One great little advantage to this place is that it's just off a fairly significant piazzale so ...