Category: Europe
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Monday, our last day in Venice- so sad to leave- I really love this city. After our usual brekkie of toast and coffee we packed up our bags and went out for a last little walkabout. I needed a coffee and found my new favourite coffee- espresso and whipped cream (with an apricot cookie for…
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Sunday we thought we would have a lazy morning as much of Venice doesn’t open until later. We woke to the sound of a cat howling and a boy yelling “signora……gato!” No idea what was going on but it went on for some time. We had our coffee and Frank went for a run (kind…
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Saturday morning in Venice July 6th, cannot believe we have been gone an entire week! What a gorgeous blue sky greeted us. We set off at about 10am and were off to St Mark’s Square- we followed the masses over the Rialtto bridge and to the square. We arrived at a very busy square- and…
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We arrived in Venice at 9:30am on the dot. We had a not too bad sleep on the train- I woke up a few times when the train stopped as the AC would stop and it was pretty warm. We apparently stopped at the border in Switzerland and Italy. Once the train stopped we slung…
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We once again slept in and had a hard time waking at 9am!! But we packed up our bags and were out by 11. Lucky for us Jean Charles (the guy from who we rented the apartment) said we could leave our bags there as long as we were back by 5pm to pick…
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We were in bed early last night- by 10:30, and thought that would cure the jet lag. Well we totally slept in today and didn’t wake until 9:30am! This meant a pretty late start to all we had planned- so we quickly got ready and headed out. Our first stop was Pere Lachaisse the cemetery…
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For some reason we woke up at the ridiculous hour of 4:00 am. The girls made it to 6:30am- I guess jet lag kicked in?! We figured we were up early so thought we would hit the Louvre early- luckily when I checked the website for opening hours I noted that it is closed on…
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We slept in a little this morning which was great as we were refreshed when we started our long day. We walked to the Voltaire Metro as today is the day we conquer the Metro. Well it was a lot easier than we thought and we were at the Champs Elysees in no time. We…
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We left a lovely sunny Vancouver early in the morn and headed to YVR. A smooth journey and check-in was in order. We even bumped into Lori from my work- she and Eric were off to Ohio and on the same flight Toronto bound as we were. TO seemed to appear on the radar faster…
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