This is post #14 and final post of our Northern Italy trip, for Saturday, November 3, 2012. Italy 2012, continued • Main Page 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… Continue reading Arrivederci, Italy
Tag: Venice
Burano, of Many Colors
This is post #13 of our Northern Italy trip, for Friday, November 2,, 2012. Italy 2012, continued • Main Page 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… Continue reading Burano, of Many Colors
Venice Churches and Sights
This is post #12 of our Northern Italy trip, for Friday, November 2, 2012. Italy 2012, continued • Main Page 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… Continue reading Venice Churches and Sights
Venice, at last!
This is post #11 of our Northern Italy trip, for Thursday, November 1 to Friday, November 3, 2012. Italy 2012, continued • Main Page Marble Sign next to Convent Door That morning we'd been reading about the Acqua Alta -- high water -- that had flooded Venice this year, and seen the photos of tourists wading up… Continue reading Venice, at last!



