Venezio..
Ciao!
Back from a whirlwind weekend trip to Venice..I think we definitely rushed it and am only starting to appreciate what we saw in the short time we were there by going back through the photos we took..it really is a beautiful place and we might just have to go back...plus *shock horror* we didn't even do the mandatory Gondola ride while we were there (they were about $100 for half an hour!)..though we did do enough ferry rides to get land-lubber legs..
All in all a lovely little get away from the hustle, bustle and very chilly weather of London... (to the quiet chilly bustle of Italy)
Anyway time to catch up on some sleep as we have a pretty packed schedule this week...going to the Royal Albert Hall tomorrow to see Swan Lake..our first time attending the ballet and it's being performed by the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre with their star Irina Kolesnikova so we couldn't ask for a better introduction to it...catching a gig by Natalie Imbruglia on Thursday and hopefully fit in the next Harry Potter installment at the cinemas somewhere in between...
love to all xoxo
Venice from Lido, the island our hotel was at... Just a short vaporetto (ferry) ride away.
Vaporettos on the Grand Canal
Pretty buildings 'floating' in Venice
A gondola parking lot with the famous Rialto Bridge in the background
View back down the Grand Canal from atop the Rialto Bridge
Masks is one of the things Venice is famous for... Didn't see anyone wearing any though.
Typical Venetian street
Chillies from the famous Rialto market. They also have a huge seafood section with the most massive scallops ever!
For you fungiphiles!! You know who you are!
Pimp my Gondola! (do they have that show back home? the UK or US version? HOLLER!)
San Marco 1
San Marco 2
San Marco 3
San Marco 4
Pigeons everywhere! You can buy pigeon food from the streetvendors there in San Marco and the pigeons swarm over you and land in your hair. Fat fat pigeons. Seriously scary.
Pretty bridges everywhere so you don't have to catch a vaporetto or gondola everywhere
Gondolas!
If you look close enough you can make out the pretty paintings on the walls...
Back from a whirlwind weekend trip to Venice..I think we definitely rushed it and am only starting to appreciate what we saw in the short time we were there by going back through the photos we took..it really is a beautiful place and we might just have to go back...plus *shock horror* we didn't even do the mandatory Gondola ride while we were there (they were about $100 for half an hour!)..though we did do enough ferry rides to get land-lubber legs..
All in all a lovely little get away from the hustle, bustle and very chilly weather of London... (to the quiet chilly bustle of Italy)
Anyway time to catch up on some sleep as we have a pretty packed schedule this week...going to the Royal Albert Hall tomorrow to see Swan Lake..our first time attending the ballet and it's being performed by the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre with their star Irina Kolesnikova so we couldn't ask for a better introduction to it...catching a gig by Natalie Imbruglia on Thursday and hopefully fit in the next Harry Potter installment at the cinemas somewhere in between...
love to all xoxo
Venice from Lido, the island our hotel was at... Just a short vaporetto (ferry) ride away.
Vaporettos on the Grand Canal
Pretty buildings 'floating' in Venice
A gondola parking lot with the famous Rialto Bridge in the background
View back down the Grand Canal from atop the Rialto Bridge
Masks is one of the things Venice is famous for... Didn't see anyone wearing any though.
Typical Venetian street
Chillies from the famous Rialto market. They also have a huge seafood section with the most massive scallops ever!
For you fungiphiles!! You know who you are!
Pimp my Gondola! (do they have that show back home? the UK or US version? HOLLER!)
San Marco 1
San Marco 2
San Marco 3
San Marco 4
Pigeons everywhere! You can buy pigeon food from the streetvendors there in San Marco and the pigeons swarm over you and land in your hair. Fat fat pigeons. Seriously scary.
Pretty bridges everywhere so you don't have to catch a vaporetto or gondola everywhere
Gondolas!
If you look close enough you can make out the pretty paintings on the walls...
posted by tamanddes at
8:35 PM
2 Comments:
how do u afford to go away so often???
ahhh i want to go to venice again. when i was there it was flooded and overcast, plank walks everywhere. looks like u got good weather though.
btw des, u look funny in photos :-D
what happened to ya hair??
fungiphile
By
case-in-point, at 6:28 AM
Very beautiful
Too bad my trip does not include venice :(
By
Alan, at 1:05 PM
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