Category: Venice

  • Lost in translation!

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…