July 22, 2025 We are going to Murano and Burano today! On our way to Murano we passed by the “Building Bridges” Sculpture!! I had read about it and was really happy to see it, an unexpected treat. Murano is a series of islands linked by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon about one mile from …
July 21,2025 According to our guide yesterday, gondola rides are considered a tacky tourist thing but we did it anyway! I booked us on one that early one and one that went into the small canals so we would not be part of the gondola conga line. It was so much fun!!! At one point …
June 20, 2025 We are off to explore the incredible city of Venice! Venice is Europe’s best-preserved big city. This car-free urban wonderland of a hundred islands—laced together by 400 bridges and 2,000 alleys—survives on the artificial respirator of tourism. We bought our day passes for the local ferry and boarded a boat to take …
July 19,2025 Our train arrived in Venice just before sunset and when we stepped out of the train station we were on the Grand Canal!!! I was awestruck by the beauty of this magnificent city!! Our flat is just a long block off of the Grand Canal down a narrow alley complete with our own …
