Ca' Carpaneda

15/5 Vicenza for lunch
We woke to a sunny day so after our fairly standard (but perfectly adequate) breakfast decided to jump on the train and go 45 minutes to Vicenza since a number of people had recommended it. Good idea BUT we had forgotten that on Mondays a lot of European museums are shut….so join us on an internet tour of Vicenza including a look at some of the beautiful buildings designed by the famous architect Palladio https://www.timetravelturtle.com/andrea-palladi… and some other famous buildings, a couple of very tall towers, and a castle at the town gates.

We had a look inside the cathedral and some back streets, ended up in a big square surrounded by Palladian buildings where we had lunch, it was pretty quiet, not many tourists in Vicenza today. We saw a small wedding group, the bride was a 50-ish woman in a very pretty ivory dress and jacket, lovely flowers and they looked very happy having photos taken in this setting. The café was beside two columns, a bit like the ones in St Mark’s Square in Venice, and there was quite a bother with cheeky pigeons actually landing on occupied tables trying to get food.

After that we rejoined the main street, peered through the Olympic Theatre gates which I was disappointed to miss seeing, then went back to the station. Not exactly the visit we’d anticipated but we enjoyed the few hours anyway.

Back at the station we hopped on the vaporetto – see the next entry for some photos on the water.Read more