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    • TravelerEuro trip
      11221
      Day 24

      Venice

      April 14 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Another early morning this morning because we had to catch a ferry from the main land to the island for our gondola ride through the canals of Venice. We were told this hostel would have the best breakfast on the trip. Yeah, that's not true. It doesn't come anywhere near the Sorrento breakfast lol. The eggs were really watery, and the bacon was slimy and the opposite of crispy. It definitely needed a couple more minutes. They did have yogurt and granola, though, so that's good enough for me. We all got on a train to get to the ferry, both of which were chaotic experiences. Especially finding the right ferry for all 30 of us. Once we finally got there, the first thing I noticed was how many people were on the island. It was packed. We had to speed walk through the crowds of people who walk like their on a Sunday stroll. I actually hate slow walkers. Because it was already 24 degrees at 10 am, Pearse and I had to put sunscreen on, and we were still walking faster. We were broken up into 6 groups with 5 people per boat. The boats are pretty small, so everyone got to know each other pretty well. Maybe some of us got a little too comfortable lol. Despite the boats being small when we passed another boat, we were uncomfortably close to the wall, and the other boat it was so narrow. I really liked the metal jutting out from the front of the boat. It could have been on some warships lol, they were intimidating. They looked like an axe head almost. After the gondolas, we had all day to tour around and see what's up. There was a dinner that Pearse and I didn't sign up for. Bec gave us a challenge where we had to make a collage of different photos. So we got lunch and started getting our photos ready while walking all around Venice. We managed to kill about 3 hours when we met up with a bigger group for some cocktails in the sun. The 8 of us hung out until some of them left for their dinner. The rest of us went to go find a different bar. In hindesite, that was a mistake because we couldn't find anything cheaper or big enough to fit all of us. While looking, Pearse saw an £22 screwdriver. That's actually fucked up lol. After aimlessly walking for what felt like hours, we got back to the original bar. When we got there, everyone was too tired from drinking in the sun to even speak. We just sat there staring off into the distance or on our phones. I really liked Venice, but I don't think we needed 12 hours there. It also doesn't help all we had for lunch was a charcuterie board split between 3 of us. Venice was just too expensive. We took the ferry back to the mainland to catch a train where we finally got to mcdonalds. We rocked up to the hostel with our food and just sat outside with a group just chatting and chilling out. Overall, it was a really fun day, but the sun really drains you.Read more

    • TravelerHUGETRIP22
      Day 24

      A boat ! In Venice !

      June 2, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      This was the same day as the last 2 posts but I decided it needed it’s only special recognition as I think it was one of the best days of my actual life. Saras family friend who we are staying with owns the boat and took us around in the canals and on a little tour. His little girl Gemma came with us and steered for a bit too :)
      Sara and I may have gotten another gelato with them after we had had one on the way to the MoMA for lunch because we were late, and had a coffee drink that was basically gelato too, so our stomached that night lived a bit to regret that one (even though 3 gelatos in a day is every kids dream , it would have paid to have an adult looking after us, but we are learning our own lessons the hard way)🥰
      Anyway, we got African food for dinner at a cute local place and opted for some veggies :) and then here is the sunset (only setting at about 10pm) while waiting for the ferry home <3      Read more

    • TravelerMaybe EuroVelo 8
      1111
      Day 33

      Once in a Lifetime

      May 12, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌧 59 °F

      #1 Every town has a Madonna altar on the side of the road leading into town. Usually just Mary behind glass or grill for good fortune. This one was a touch over the top. Maybe angling for more.
      #2 Frank and Carolyn Schwarz met in me in Venezia on their mission to deliver a Sefer Torah to Lev Chadash in Milan.
      #3 My bunk room at the mega hostel in Venezia. Six in this room. Some eight, some four. Old, young, mixed gender, shared bathroom, any Europe, maybe Moroccan North African, pick a language. $21-$33 a night for this. It rained off and on for five days in Venezia.
      #3,4 Common kitchen. Cook anything you’d like, just clean up. With Lilly and Minodi my roommates from Japan.
      #5 Abundant ristorantes. Did you know gnocchi are dough balls in sauce?
      #6 King size Nutella pumper. I’d eat more of it if it weren’t so much like dessert.
      #7 I had to get us cheap sunglasses despite the weather.
      #8 My companion here is a fixture in town, works nights.
      #9,#10 These are imbedded outside the doorways of the houses of deported Jews and others. The fate of those souls is noted. They are called stolperstein in German which means stumbling stones.
      #11 What one such doorway looks like today.
      #12, #13 Venetian ghetto square where Jews were forced to live in the fifteen hundreds. This is the place where the English word ghetto originated. Fairly interesting causes and conditions about this place. And a memorial from Venezia toward those there, come and gone.      Read more

    • TravelerItaly and Egypt 2022
      Day 10

      Perfect day in Vicenza

      October 1, 2022 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 18 °C

      I hope today’s entry doesn’t disappear, and then appear in both forms twice…the mysteries of the internet…anyway, here’s hoping! We have had a lovely time today - the weather prediction was correct and we didn’t even take umbrellas with us for the day excursion to Vicenza. Got a train at 10.10am…we had to skip breakfast at our favourite place downstairs as it was so busy and the train only goes every hour, so we hotfooted it to the station and had a 45 min train ride to Vicenza. We haven’t been there together since our very first trip in 1987. It is a lovely town with a Roman history and very famous for the wonderful buildings designed by Palladio, the famous architect of the 1700s…full of arches, columns and huge palaces. We bought a ticket which would take us to 4 sites…the first and probably most impressive was the Teatro Olimpico - an absolute amazing theatre designed by Palladio (but finished after his death) and built in the shape of an amphitheatre which had originally been there…it has a permanent set made for the original play performed - Oedipus Rex - with intricate buildings, streets and statues - and perspective…

      Then we went into several galleries, all in these enormous buildings (we got plenty of exercise ascending to the upper floors - each level the equivalent of about 3 normal ones!).. so it was all good and fun…when we were galleried out we sat in the main piazza and had a break. We had had coffee, and I had juice and a croissant when we first arrived, so the chips and nuts they always provide with drinks were welcome, and on the way to the station we had another break while waiting for the train.

      Lovely arriving back in Venice after a day trip, with no baggage! The train both ways was full of people lugging bags and we felt carefree. The train just goes from Venice to Verona, via Padua and Vicenza, and back, but being Saturday there were so many people…

      Now back and relaxed. Amr has gone off to the laundromat to do our accumulated washing as we have time before our booking at a La Rivetta at 9 o’clock. So I am relaxing with my feet up and looking forward to dinner (where we went on the first night - our favourite)!      Read more

    • TravelerHUGETRIP22
      Day 24

      MoMA in Venice

      June 2, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      Here is some more art for ya ! First pic is on our way to the gallery ( we thought we were almost there at this stage but were actually heading on a massive detour ), but walking around all the streets was nice 👍
      The modern gallery had some weird art in there if I do say so myself and at times we found ourselves a little spooked. Please refer to slide 18 :/      Read more

    • Tour d'Europe
      3
      Day 114

      Venise

      August 4, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      Pour Venise🚣, on a pris un peu de confort en réservant un emplacement 24h dans un camping en dehors de la ville. Super endroit, très bien entretenu, avec des douches et toilettes plus beaux qu'à la maison 👍🏡. En plus, comme c'était de 21h à 21h le demain, on a pu en profiter pour se doucher 2j d'affilé dans le meilleur des conforts. 

      Depuis le camping, 45 minutes de marche🚶🚶‍♀️ et de transport 🚌en commun, 2€ le ticket, on reste au top et dans la simplicité. 

      Une fois arrivé, on chercher un office de tourisme mais on ne tombe que sur des scams 🏴‍☠️d'entreprises se faisant passer pour un office de tourisme, on va se débrouiller nous même. 

      On décide de traverser la ville d'ouest en est🗺️ en mélangeant les ruelles, les canaux, les bords du canal grande et la place saint Marc. C'est super riche en décors et on découvre que les différents quartiers de Venise ont chacun leurs styles, tous intéressants. 

      La balade prend plus de temps que prévu et on profite de pause⏸️ pour s'instruire sur l'histoire de la ville. Sa création par des locaux venus s'exiler 🔫ici après l'invasion de leurs villages environnants, l'organisation du gouvernement composé des 200 plus grandes familles 👨‍👧‍👦de la ville, son apogée suite à ses nombreux accords commerciaux et sa participation à la 4e grande croisade⚔️,... c'est très riche comme histoire.

      Malgré la chaleur de plus en forte🥵, nous persévérons et nous atteignons notre but 🥅: l'extrémité est de l'archipel. Composé de grands espaces verts 🌲🌴🌳et de beaucoup moins de touristes que dans le reste de la ville (sûrement, car plus difficile d'accès). On repère une pizzeria super sympa, avec grande terrasse, bien à l'ombre des arbres et très bien noté. Bingo (en plus, c'était notre première pizza 🍕🥇en Italie, il était temps), un super service et d'excellentes pizzas, rien à redire. On s'est même pris des Hoegaarden blanches🍻, parfait avec cette chaleur pour se réhydrater 🐳.

      Pour le retour, on prend un bateau-bus 🚤 qui nous emmène jusqu'à l'entrée de la ville, ça donne un nouvel angle aux rues qu'on venait de parcourir, le tout à l'ombre et avec la fraîcheur de l'eau, c'était idyllique. Seul bémol, le retour en bateau était tellement long qu'il nous a fallu un 2e ticket pour rentrer ensuite au camping (les tickets ne sont pas valables pour 1 trajet, mais pour 1h seulement) 

      Conclusion, je ne dirai pas que c'est LA ville des amoureux ou du gnangnan, mais c'est beau, le charme est indéniable et surtout unique au monde, une destination à faire au moins une fois dans sa vie.      Read more

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    • patatatour
      111
      Day 13

      Venedig

      February 22, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

      Erster Stopp in Bella Italia.
      Empfehlenswert: Venedig im Winter - nicht empfehlenswert: Venedig während des Karnevals. Wir haben zufällig den letzten Tag des 20tägigen Fests erwischt und trotz der sehenwerten Kostüme und Masken war es einfach viel zu voll. Das Finale, in Form einer Show mit Musik und Akrobatik auf dem Kanal, konnte sich aber dafür umso mehr sehen lassen. Zum Glück war der Spuk an unserem zweiten Tag vorbei und wir konnten die Stadt in Ruhe erkunden. Nächster Halt: Toskana!Read more

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    • TravelerVon Meer zu Meer
      Day 26

      Venedig vom Wasser

      June 30, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

      Heute bin ich noch mal nach Venedig gefahren. Für 25€ bekommt man ein Tagesticket für Bus und Schiff.

      Also zuerst mal nach / auf Lido zum Strand. Lido ist eine der Inseln die der Lagune vorgelagert sind und so Venedig vom offenen Meer abgrenzen.
      Auf Lido angekommen ging es direkt zum Strand. Vom Anleger einfach immer gerade aus. Sonne gab es zwar keine, aber es war herrlich warm. Sowohl das Wasser als auch die Luft. Es war mal richtig schön nicht diese pralle Sonne zu haben.

      Im Anschluß bin ich dann natürlich mit Boot, anders geht ja nicht, über den Canale Grande zur Ponte di Rialto. Da in den Gassen abseits vom Trubel einen Cafe (Espresso) getrunken und ein Gläschen Wein.
      Danach ging es dann weiter per Boot über den Canale Grande zum Bus und wieder zurück zum Campingplatz.
      Ein richtig schöner letzter Tag in Italien geht zu Ende.

      👋🐧🐧🐧      Read more

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    • Bella Italia
      4
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      Day 71

      Gondelfahrt in der Lagunenstadt Venedig

      July 9, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

      An die märchenhafte Lagunenstadt erinnern wir uns beide noch aus unserer Kindheit. Umso mehr freuten wir uns auf ein Wiedersehen mit Venedig. Die verspielte Architektur und die Pracht der Kuppeln, Paläste und Gondeln verleihen der Stadt einen einzigartigen Charme. Wir folgten den Schildern vom Piazzale Roma über unzählige Brücken und durch fotogene Gässchen bis hin zur Rialtobrücke und dem berühmten Markusplatz. Von den Taubenschwärmen, die so typisch für den Platz waren, keine Spur mehr. Eine romantische Gondelfahrt durch die Wasserstraßen machte den Tag vollkommen. Auf dem Rückweg verliefen wir uns noch in dem Gewirr aus Gassen (wir wurden vorher gewarnt) und fuhren dann doch mit dem Wassertaxi zur Busstation.Read more

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    • Europe with Trisha 2023
      22
      Day 26

      Day 25 Murano and Burano islands Venice

      September 24, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      We had an interesting morning with the shower today. Trisha was first and there was so much crashing and banging that I wondered if I needed to go in and rescue her. She was wondering the same thing when having difficulty opening the shower door for her to get out. After being forewarned I tried lifting it while opening which worked ok. It is a tiny shower with a shower head that sort of goes sideways. We will be looking forward to something better at our next place.

      We walked for a bit and then got on a water taxi that took us directly to Murano. I think Trish thought she had died and gone to heaven. We did a glass blowing demonstration to start with which was great. Then a visit to that shop, and then to another glass shop, and then to another glass shop, and then to another glass shop, you get the picture? At some stage we stopped for some food at a lovely place beside the water. Trisha bought a wrap which was 7 euros, but because we ate that sitting down there was a cover charge of 2 euros each. The toilet was good though lol. Then we visited around 20 to 30 more glass shops, and each of us bought a few pieces. As I have metal walls in my house I was targeting cute magnetic pieces, while Trish got some jewelry.

      Then we joined a rather long line for the water taxi to Burano. Trish held the place in line while talking to an extremely talkative Belgian guy who was practising his English while I had various seating places while the line moved. It was a pretty long taxi ride there and we were pleased we had seats as a lot of people had to stand.

      Burano is such a pretty little town with the lovely painted houses. We also really enjoyed the shops there. Still more glass, but also lace shops and lots of lovely linen clothing. We were probably there for around 2.5 hours just meandering around and taking pics. We then stopped for a snack and Trish had an Aperol spritz which has become her drink of choice.

      The queue to get back was even more crazy. We were all in an orderly lane before going through a turnstile. And then the corridor widened a bit, and lots of people jumped the queue. So there were about 8 people wide in this enclosed area, and then they opened the gate for people to advance towards the boat coming in. Everyone just pushed at the same time to get through the 2 people wide gate. Trisha was squashed up against the barrier and it was pretty unpleasant. But, we did manage to get a seat in the taxi so we were happy then.

      Earlier in the day there was a squish of people coming through a narrow street which was shaded. There was a shortish woman walking down in with her umbrella up saying come on everyone, just push through. I had to say “ it would be a lot easier if you put your bloody umbrella down!” There were some lovely quiet areas to go on Burano though with grass even.

      So supermarket on the way back after we were on the mainland, and we had a nice salad with cheese for dinner. It was dark by the time we reached our hotel so it was quite a big day.

      And the thing that is annoying me most is the bug bites. I did bring my special creme from Bali that soothes the itching, but I need more. Will be off to the pharmacy in the morning for some antihistamine. The first bites were on my legs and were like midge bites. But yesterday a definite mosquito bite appeared on my tummy and now I have 2 more on my lower back. I react to mozzie bites so they are bit obvious. I had heard of lots of people being bitten here so brought bug spray but obviously need to apply it to more places.

      14,872 steps and 25 degrees. Even had my light scarf over my shoulders briefly tonight!      Read more

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