Italy & TA Cruise 2022

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Italy & TA Cruise 2022
Glass museum
November 3, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Murano has housed the local glass making industry since all of Venice's glass makers were forced to move there in 1291. This museum is on that island.

Hard to take good pictures of glass work that is behind other glass.Read more
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Osteria al Duomo
November 3, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Our schedule for the day got shifted around a bit and we needed a new place for lunch. This was selected because, while you wouldn't know it to look at it from the sidewalk, it has a large treed courtyard as part of its dining space. It was a very relaxing spot to sit and enjoy a very tasty lunch.Read more
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Basilica dei Santi Maria e Donato
November 3, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
As is often our way, we selected another stop with a bell tower (and in fact the entire basilica) thst was under reconstruction. Unfortunately due to the work we could only view it from outside.
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Church of Saint Peter Martyr
November 3, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
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Venice transportation
November 3, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Most of the non-walking options in and around Venice are on the water. There are vaporettos, sort of the local "bus", taxis and of course gondolas. There are also many private boats in all shapes and sizes.

Also shown here is what a "bus" stop looks like.Read more
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More misc photos from the day
November 3, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
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Morning Vaporetto Ride
November 4, 2022 in Italy ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Some misc photos taken while riding the vaporetto to our first stop of the day.
TravelerWOW! 😍
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Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute
November 4, 2022 in Italy ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Restoration work in progress, but still pretty. It was very noisy in there with the workers working.
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Last day walking around (misc)
November 4, 2022 in Italy ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
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Cantine del Vino già Schiavi
November 4, 2022 in Italy ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
They say if you want to eat like a Venician local, you need to find a wine bar and eat some chichetti. So we did. And it was delicious.
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Museo Fortuna
November 4, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
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Rialto Bridge
November 4, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
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Chiesa di San Giacomo di Rialto
November 4, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We saw these unique clocks in several places in Italy. It goes to 24, only had one hand and the numbers don't start at the top. I've concluded that it just simply tells you the hour of the day and that the minutes just don't matter to Venetians. LolRead more
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Museo di Storia Naturale
November 4, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
(Museum of Natural History)
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Osteria Bakan
November 4, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Dinner
I tried a Gingerino and it was a very nice apperativo drink.
I had some pasta with zucchini and bacon followed by a seafood plate. Matt had some pasta with bolognese and a Venetian chicken curry.Read more
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Goodbye Venice
November 5, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Took a boat to the airport, had a snack before boarding our flight to London.
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Southampton, UK
November 5, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Ok, so there's a gap without pictures... I honestly just forgot to take pictures amidst the chaos.
Let me catch you up....

We flew to London. Our coach bus that was supposed to take us to Southampton was almost an hour late picking us up... but that's just the beginning.

By the time we arrived in Southampton, the fireworks were already going off for the Guy Fawkes event. We could hear them as we walked in the rain to our hotel.

Our hotel got overbooked. So, a mix of good and bad news... We got bumped. But they refunded our money for our hotel stay, they paid for a room at the hotel next door for us and they paid for our breakfast for tomorrow. The replacement hotel is not as nice as the one we booked, and our room ended up being a disability room so everything in the room was a little weird. Within minutes of entering the room, Matt already accidentally set off the panic assist alarm. 😳

Tired, we decide to just go eat at the restaurant in the hotel. We quickly learn that between all the cruise ship people and the people pouring out of the Guy Fawkes party, all the restaurants around this area are packed and booked solid.

We came to terms that we won't be getting a nice British meal... heck we even couldn't get into the Nandos. With a bit of wait, we managed a table at TGI Fridays. 🤣🤣 The food was fine, but not what we had hoped to eat for our only meal in England.

We've now hobbled back to our room and are going to sleep. Not bothering with room photos, the room is fairly ugly and weve already scattered a mess of things all over the place. LolRead more
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Carnival Celebration
November 6, 2022 in England ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
The ship has arrived! What a beauty!
This ship is brand new. So new in fact that we will be the first passengers - this is her maiden voyage! And yes, I am aware that the Titanic's maiden voyage was a transatlantic cruise out of this very same cruise terminal. Hopefully no icebergs for us. Lol

Please note that once the ship leaves later today, the posts from me will likely stop. It's like 300 dollars for wifi on the ship. I'm not paying it. I'll try to keep taking pictures as I go and upload them after the cruise, or possibly when we are in port.

(Photos borrowed from other cruisers who have a hotel with a view of the port)Read more
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Embarkation time!
November 6, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
She is a big ship and lots of people so there's a pretty hefty line... but we made it on the ship! Woohoo!
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Our room
November 6, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
TravelerWish we were there too! Have fun 🥰
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Titanic
November 6, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Image 1 - Showing where we are docked, vs where the Titanic was docked. (Although this photo has our ship pointed the wrong way!)
2nd photo is the view from our room balcony - showing the Pier the Titanic would have been.Read more
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Guy's Burgers
November 6, 2022 in England ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Welcome to Flavortown! The traditional first meal on a Carnival Ship for us. Lol
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FIRST...
November 6, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
...to sleep in the beds
...to eat the foods
...to party on Lido
...to do it all!

A few little somethings to remember this trip. This cruise coin is beautiful.

... I can already hear Mitch say "It's not a coin" 🤣Read more
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Lido deck (Deck 16)
November 6, 2022 in England ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
The crowds just cleared out fast... everyone rushing off to dinner! Anyway, the color changing lights make the pool look pretty.
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Sail away party
November 6, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
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