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Italy 2012, continued -- final post Arrivederci means "until we see each other again," and that finality lingered around us when we woke up early that morning. No high water siren last night, and we wanted one last walk in Venice before braving the airplane trip home later in the day. It was foggy this… Continue reading Arrivederci, Italy
Italy 2012, continued: November 2, 2012 We leave from the Fondamente Nova vaparetto stop, which is on the backside of the main islands, and head straight out past Venice's cemetery, on an island all its own. First stop is Murano (glass making) with our final destination for the day Burano (lace making). We join the… Continue reading Burano, of Many Colors
Italy 2012, continued Water overlapping a doorway, across the canal from our hotel Late in the night, we hear the aqua alta (high water) sirens go off. A website tells us the following: So, first a siren is used to alert everyone of the high tide alarm.Next, a signal indicates the expected level of… Continue reading Venice Churches and Sights
Italy 2012, continued Marble Sign next to Convent Door We'd been reading about the Acqua Alta -- high water -- that had flooded Venice this year, and seen the photos of tourists wading up to their knees in San Marco plaza, so we decided to stay a while longer in Padua to do some shopping.… Continue reading Venice, at last!
Italy 2012, continued I left off after that first night in Bologna, at the place that had a giant golden tortellini hanging outside its door. The next morning we went to the breakfast area in Hotel Porta San Mamolo and saw this: It's really easy to become a glutton when you see a spread like… Continue reading Menu II
Italy 2012, continued This is all you see from the outside, and of course, no photographs are allowed on the inside (all my photos are from the web). But I'd done my homework, creating a slideshow of the images and titles of each, and had been reviewing them for a few weeks before we left. … Continue reading Scrovegni Chapel, Padua
Italy 2012, continued We leave Bologna around noon, first grabbing a sandwich from one of the shops at the train station. Arriving in Padua, we find the tourist office, get our all-important tickets to Scrovegni Chapel (the whole reason we are in Padua) and wend our way to our hotel. We'd changed our hotel at… Continue reading Padua, Italy–I
Italy 2012, continued This area of Italy is known at Emilia-Romagna, also known as Italy's breadbasket where Parma ham, aged balsamic vinegar and other amazing food is found. But this is what we got on the way there, the airplane breakfast: hard roll, not-bad omelet and potatoes and iffy fruit. Duly prepared, our first meal… Continue reading Menu I
Italy 2012, continued I thought these lights looked like hanging prom dresses. Waiting for Dave, back in the hotel, I caught up on journaling and thought about the woman I'd sat next to at dinner the last night in Carpi. I'd met her at the vinegaria farm and as we exchanged pleasantries outside, she dropped… Continue reading Bologna, Sights and Scenes–final
The Traveled Mind 