Westin Regina Venice

... , scenic and quite enjoyable. We took the 10:55AM train from Stazione Termini in Roma and arrived at Stazione S. Lucia in Venice by 3:30PM. Incidentally, James Spader was just a few seats away from us... We took the Vaporetto from the station and ...

DAY FOURTEEN (8/15) — Venice "Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go." --Truman Capote Venice is a lot more enjoyable on water than it is on foot. This morning we took a walking tour with Len through St. Mark's Square, ...

We spent the day today going to the Doges palace kinda cool in the beginning but then was boring..We then went to lunch and I had a yummy grilled cheese and ham sandwich and then fed the birds again. After we went to the room and chilled for a while we ...

I cannot begin to describe how fascinated I was with this city...and if there was but one criticism that would be that the place was swarming with honeymooners......haha.....apart from that....it was absolutely gorgeous...the charm of the gondolas ...

... at 9:30.  I took photos from the hotel’s water taxi dock before retiring. Note about the Westin Europa-Regina: www.westineuropareginavenice.com ·         185 rooms overlooking the Grand Canal of Venice, ...

... in Venice for over 345 years and being a gondolier is a family business (He floated past his brother, also a gondolier).   Venice is a very interesting place.  It is clear why this was and still is the playground of the rich. Despite the rich ...

Getting some more pics out,  here are a few from day 3 and 4 in Venice. we hired a local photographer to take us around for a few hours and although it was a overcast day (crappy day for picture taking) we had a wonderful time, just walking around ...

... , so we hopped the water taxi for a free ride across. Picked up behind the hotel at 4:30am the next morning by a very elegant water "limo". Great ride through Venice and speedy jaunt across the lagoon to the airport. What an end  to a dream trip!! ...

... to do more tomorrow. BTW, if this IBM thing doesn't work out for me, remind me to start a pressure washing business in Rome and Venice.  Maybe if Venice cleaned their building and streets, they may stop sinking.  Man, the buildings are really ...

... ; We now have modern technology with the internet so we will be able to get everyone caught up on the trip.  So far Venice is wonderful,  went around today and did some walking.  took a lot of pictures.  had some Cafe, bought a purse ...

we got to Venice today and it was raining so, the ride to the hotel was a little wet in the water taxi. After we got to the hotel and checked in we started to work on my scavenger hunt book..First to feed birds in St Marks square I bought a croissant in ...

... around a bit before turning in for the night. It was very cold and windy, and had rained just before we arrived. THe highlight of Venice so far is our room at the Westin Europa Regina.It's spectacular. We'll upload more photos when we have a ...

... ;  Unbeknownst to me, I lost my small black coin purse at that point.  It contained my driver’s license and my Westin key.  We walked a long way, stopped to look at the river meandering through rocks and woods as we hiked up the ...