Houses in Venice

... stops include: France (Paris, Blois), Spain (Madrid, Granada, Barcelona), Italy (Cinque Terre, Florence, Siena, Rome, Venice), Slovenia (Bled), Switzerland (Zermatt, Interlaken), Germany (Munich, Black Forest, Romantic Road, Berlin), Denmark (Cophenhagen), ...

... ) of Venice. We stopped at one island called Burano. This is a very quite little village a little different to the standard Venice. All the houses are brightly painted, all different colours. There was a canal through the city. A square high bell tower in ...

... because Venice is so hard to navigate even with a map! We stumbled upon our hotel in San Toma' square fairly quickly- Backpackers Hostel Venice. We were greeted by the manager Andres who let us store our bags. When we inquired as to where we could get ...

... between 4 people was not too bad. The girls took 1 billion photos while I enjoyed the ride past Marco Polo´s & Casanova´s houses. We then headed to Lido, and walked about 1km to Venice´s free beach past a cool strip of restaurants. The beach was ...

... and walked around a bit. They were very very nice -- one just graduated as a biomedical engineering major from UVA and the other from a college in Texas. It was really nice meeting them and sharing stories. Venice, overall, was one of our favorite ...

Today we took a boat trip out to some of the outlying islands that make up Venice. The island of Murano is famous across the world for its glass and there are a number of glass factories you can visit. The skills of the craftsmen are amazing - while we ...

... of this small square with those which I have visited before. Of course, it was composed of similar building principals; houses, windows, a church, benches, lamp posts etc... but how these items were built and maintained was so different. Each window and ...

... Island of Burano, famous for it's hand made lace, leaning church tower (there are at least two in Venice), and it's beautiful, bright coloured houses.  We were told that the houses were painted different colours, so the fishermen, as they were making ...

... address. There are many narrow, building-lined alleys that dead-end at canals, requiring much backtracking. Also, addresses in Venice follow no logic: each sestiere issues numbers to the buildings within the sestiere, but there is no logic to the ...

So it was finally our time to visit the legendary travel destination of Venice.  With increasing excitement we journeyed from Florence through Tuscany and finally over the long bridge to this island city.  I usually ...

... . I had reserved our seats back in Sydney but the reservations weren't really necessary as there were hardly any people travelling to Venice. We had a compartment to ourselves all the way to the Italian border but had to share it for the rest of the way ...

... , we head off for the islands Merano (known for glass making) and Berano (for it's colorful houses, sea food, and lace)- both small islands off of Venice.  By boat, we arrived in Merano where we watched a glass blowing demonstration- the guy produced ...

... looked at the price tags ... but they really are stunning. - Burano was more interesting for the brightly coloured houses there.  Apparently, the fishermen painted their houses different colours so they could spot them more easily when returning ...

... islands. I think it's truly one of those days which are just perfect, and made even more so because we're in Venice! Burano wasn't a disappointment either. Though we didn't find any lace stores, our 20 minutes on the island was filled with running ...

... 40 cents into his hat, suddenly self-conscious. I wish I could properly convey the surreal melancholy of the labyrinth of Venice's alleys and bridges. There's nothing but foot traffic as the lanes are too narrow for much else and all the steps of ...

... of being on the water and swayed quite a bit back on land! The Kiwis from Cinque Terre gave us a great tip for free internet in Venice (otherwise the internet costs 9 euros/NZ$18 an hour!) and we had to travel to the island of Guidecca to get to it. ...

... nowhere fast). Passed lovely mountains, lakes, high roads built between the mountains on bridges, gushing streams, before arriving in Venice Mestre station after 12h00, where I stayed on the train which then chugged over a long bridge spanning the Venice ...

... we left the Danube Plains and headed for Venice.  On the way we saw ancient castles and beautiful countryside houses on the undulating landscape, the type we saw along the Rhine when we were travelling from Brussels to Wurzburg.  Again, I ...

... sounds of the piazza while chasing pigeons and watching dogs. Next stop, Rialto bridge... so we wander through the calle (streets) of Venice and follow the signs for "per Rialto"... easy enough and fun to window shop along the way. Eve is loving the ...