A Taste of Venetian Exhibitions I don’t know how it happened, but at one point, Her Ladyship somehow managed to get a flea down her shirt while we were aboard a vaporetto. I never thought I’d ever say this about her, but in her efforts to flee the flea, she really rocked the boat! In fact, for a while there I was afraid she was going to do another strip tease like she did that time in France. Thankfully she…
Everyday life in Venice Several days after our arrival in Venice, I was still going around in a daze. I don’t think I could ever tire of this magnificent city. All those famous palazzi and churches along the Canale Grande are wonderful in themselves, but seeing the water lap up onto their doorsteps is a sight that has to be seen to be believed. I once visited a wooden village built on wooden piles on Lake Ohrid, but the scale…
An outing to Murano from Venice What could be nicer than to buzz around the Venetian Lagoon in a vaporetto and do a bit of island hopping? One of my favourite islands was Murano, which, like Venice, is actually a series of islands. You get seven islands for the price of one. Great value! Murano, of course, is famous as the home of Venetian glass. Although glassmaking had originally started off in Venice itself, I hadn’t known that all Venetian…
Venice in the time of Covid I’ve just died and flown to seagull heaven! The Oldies surprised me – and I think themselves too – by taking a trip to Venice. I’d often heard them say that, much as they’d love to visit, they had no intention of going anywhere that was suffering from so much mass tourism. The current situation made them think again. No regulations preventing going there, but not many people actually doing so. And boy, am…
Outing to Muggia and Trieste After a particularly hearty campsite dinner one evening, the Oldies recognised – and actually acted on – the need to go for a walk to shake down the meal. And where do you usually go for a digestive stroll? To the next country, of course! Not that that was the intention, but as they climbed the steep path up the hill behind Ankaran, the Dynamic Duo found themselves exchanging rather puffed Dober dan!s with the…