Well, we definately aren't in eastern europe anymore. it is tough to get around, there is a lot less internet, a lot less english, and everything is three times as expendsive. but regardless, if any of you are in venice, would you spend your time in an internet cafe?
venice is as you would expect, gorgeous, hot, humid, crowded, at times a bit smelly and overwhelmingly charming. our transportation here was the most seamless one that we have had yet? who would have guessed that wizz air was a ton better than skyeurope? getting anywhere in venice that is not right on the grand canal is a mess of stairs, dead ends, and crazy addresses. we arrived here and got on the vaporetto, think "city bus on a boat" and took it down the grand canal to where we are staying. the slow ride is really neat, everything here is really old and you can tell that at one time the city was amazing. we arrived at our stop on san marco square. it has st. mark's basilica, a palace, and lots of old buildings. it is the place to be. our hotel is about 30 seconds outside of it. we are on the fourth floor, with no lifts, you can see the top of the basilica and the bell tower from teh square right outside our window.
our first night in venice we ate at our first restaurant with no english on the menu. luckily, we have an italian phrase book so we limped along and ate delicious pizza and pasta. we spent a lot of the next day working on our italian.\
the mornings in venice are beautiful, but it gets very hot and crowded during the day. luckily we haven't been able to sleep past about 7 on this whole trip. we spent the whole first day (yesterday) wandering around the city, it's an island so you can't get lost. but, it is a big island. it took us about 5 minutes ot walk to dinner from our hotel, and 30 minutes to get home. we discovered a new way.
today we are leaving for vernazza, we already have our train tickets so hopefully it will be a smooth trip. if we have internet, we will add pictures. it seems that we have better luck with internet in small towns...but who knows....don't be worried!!! we have to rush right now to check out.....
We are way too tired to be getting into any trouble, so don't worry. Ciao!
venice is as you would expect, gorgeous, hot, humid, crowded, at times a bit smelly and overwhelmingly charming. our transportation here was the most seamless one that we have had yet? who would have guessed that wizz air was a ton better than skyeurope? getting anywhere in venice that is not right on the grand canal is a mess of stairs, dead ends, and crazy addresses. we arrived here and got on the vaporetto, think "city bus on a boat" and took it down the grand canal to where we are staying. the slow ride is really neat, everything here is really old and you can tell that at one time the city was amazing. we arrived at our stop on san marco square. it has st. mark's basilica, a palace, and lots of old buildings. it is the place to be. our hotel is about 30 seconds outside of it. we are on the fourth floor, with no lifts, you can see the top of the basilica and the bell tower from teh square right outside our window.
our first night in venice we ate at our first restaurant with no english on the menu. luckily, we have an italian phrase book so we limped along and ate delicious pizza and pasta. we spent a lot of the next day working on our italian.\
the mornings in venice are beautiful, but it gets very hot and crowded during the day. luckily we haven't been able to sleep past about 7 on this whole trip. we spent the whole first day (yesterday) wandering around the city, it's an island so you can't get lost. but, it is a big island. it took us about 5 minutes ot walk to dinner from our hotel, and 30 minutes to get home. we discovered a new way.
today we are leaving for vernazza, we already have our train tickets so hopefully it will be a smooth trip. if we have internet, we will add pictures. it seems that we have better luck with internet in small towns...but who knows....don't be worried!!! we have to rush right now to check out.....
We are way too tired to be getting into any trouble, so don't worry. Ciao!
Sounds like you need to take another day to just rest. It makes me tired just to hear what you've been doing. Bet you lose more weight on your trip! I'm really excited to see all of your pictures. I love old buildings. We went to lunch with McMann's yesterday and they couldn't believe the trip you were on and wondered how you had planned it. I told them that you were following a book that a guy wrote. They were impressed.
ReplyDeleteWe are doing fine! We're headed to Preston to a race tonight. Hope we do a little better.
Take care, DADDDDDD and MOM