Venice Guest House

... to visit Germany's greatest Rococo-style church, the Wieskirche. Winding our way toward Austria, we'll arrive at our rural Tirolean guest house in time for a traditional dinner. Sleep near Reutte (2 nights). Bus: 6 hrs. Walking: moderate. May 21st, 2011 ...

... destination of Venice, Italy, it was two plane rides, three train rides and a short walk through the Venetian rain to our Venice Chic guest house.  Seeing as how it was now 10:30pm local time and our internal clocks were all screwed up due to not ...

After sleeping for a much needed 12 or so hours, we headed down to our favorite spot in our guest house...the garden for a lovely breakfast. With coffee, fruit, cereal, and pastries under our belts we were ready to continue exploring Venice. Besides ...

... along the main walk way, over bridges and through squares following simple landmark based directions until we found our hotel, more like guest house. We entered a garden courtyard and found our host ready to get us settled. After dropping off our bags we ...

... place is just alive with celebration.   We met the gals from Australia last night in Empoli. We were returning from Venice and they from Cingue Terra. This weekend we are reversing destinations. I was excited about Cingue before we came to Italy ...

... correct airport and on to the plane on saturday and then had to catch a bus to the Milan train station and a train to Venice. When I finally arrived here I was drained but made my way through the dark, winding, rapist alleyways to finally find my hostel. ...

... the occasional rat. 5.       The Bridge of Sighs: As said by Dad "The most overrated spectacle in Venice". I asked Mom when we were going to cross the Bridge of Sighs several rooms after we already had done so. The bridge ...

... to the port in order to check in early and get the show on the road. We enjoyed breakfast in the courtyard of our guest house, a very rare courtyard we found out because only palaces had extra space for gardens not common households. The morning was great ...

Well this entry is a little late ... sorry about that! We left our four star guest house on the 6th of September to move into a 12 bedroom dormitory. We flew into Rome and found our hostel pretty easily. Usually we get lost and I blame Jamie while he ...

... sounds a bit annoying but it was infect fun and part of the experience so I really rather enjoyed it. Each guest house in Alleppey (called the Venice of India, which means Venice is probably a bit rubbish) has a house boat, which is essentially a massive ...

... we needed to be, we'd booked a bed through the website airbnb, lost cost rooms, in other peoples homes, so we arrive in Venice, taking in all the sights and sounds along the way, truly, straight out of every movie and everything American that you expect ...

(Guest blog by Bob Bulow) We arrived in Venice almost 45 minutes early, but Emily didn't disappoint and was there to greet us as she had promised. How many other Americans on our flight had a welcoming party? We bought a bus ticket to the city, and then ...

... leave the restaurant, Luciano gently takes my hand and raises it to his lips, imploring me to return as his guest.  For a moment I contemplate setting the record straight.  Fortunately the inner actress, together with my two infamous sidekicks, ...

... strengths of our cooking skills and our stomachs by going on a cookey course. It was very basic, just in the back room of someones house, but we had a great time. We cooked fotr 45 mins and then ate for 15 for over four hours. I am a mean chipatti ...

... excited about this. We get dropped off and start our journey through this town. This town is navigated by canals and it very similar to Venice, or to Amsterdam. Not as big as those, or as elaborate, but there are parts of this town that there are no cars, ...

... imagine what a city looks like at night but Shanghai is really different. It's like wedding day at my country when you decorate house with colorful lights. That's is Shanghai! I said to myself: "I will come back! Never mind now I have adventures to catch ...

... we were given a beautiful "princess room" for very cheap, and the comfort of a rooftop restaurant. When I say rooftop restaurant at a guest house, it usually means about 4 tables set up, and the owner just cooks you whatever you want from the menu. ...