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Sat 11/27/2004
We had breakfast! The residenza carnegio has a great breakfast, and room 201 is the biggest room! the best we've had. There was what Heather took to be an extended family near us-like, maybe siblings and their spouses. probably from germany. It made her wistful about traveling with friends and family.
We took the 52 water bus to lido, got off...if I had known what lido was I'd have got off and walked the few blocks to view the sea! Then we looped back on the 1 to San Marco. And here I had the best experience. I saw a man with a sign, and a lot of pigeons. Suddenly, a pigeon LANDED ON MY HEAD! let me clarify. I was standing there, and a pigeon hopped up and onto my head.
Has a pigeon ever landed on you? If not, go to San Marco square and stand for a moment. I bought a bag of pigeon food, and then had the best time ever.
other parts of italy have been awesome, truly, but having a dozen pigeons on my arms, shoulders, and head, all cooing was pretty snazzy. even pigeonriffic.
We wandered about, and then we successfully navigated to 'spenceshirt' (waypoint) to buy the boy a gondelier shirt. We didn't have the waypoint at the time, and yet we managed to return to our spot!
Summary...boat to Accademia, lunch where Larry and Judy ate, wandered over to the Salvador Dalli exhibit...that would have been the perfect ending to an Italian trip! Sort of surreal and all! But there was a huge line...we saw some sculptures by him, then walked and shopped our way to the hotel.
I watched glass being made, Heather bought glass jewelery, we bought kinky chocolate, and funny hats...
And we wandered down a canal 'I think we are on the alley where the wash was hanging last night" i said. Pround of knowing the left side of the ox from the right. except heather said "that alley was a canal..."
but we made it, and i need to lay down now.
tags: venice italy
DSC_4832.JPG
Sat 11/27/2004
We had breakfast! The residenza carnegio has a great breakfast, and room 201 is the biggest room! the best we've had. There was what Heather took to be an extended family near us-like, maybe siblings and their spouses. probably from germany. It made her wistful about traveling with friends and family.
We took the 52 water bus to lido, got off...if I had known what lido was I'd have got off and walked the few blocks to view the sea! Then we looped back on the 1 to San Marco. And here I had the best experience. I saw a man with a sign, and a lot of pigeons. Suddenly, a pigeon LANDED ON MY HEAD! let me clarify. I was standing there, and a pigeon hopped up and onto my head.
Has a pigeon ever landed on you? If not, go to San Marco square and stand for a moment. I bought a bag of pigeon food, and then had the best time ever.
other parts of italy have been awesome, truly, but having a dozen pigeons on my arms, shoulders, and head, all cooing was pretty snazzy. even pigeonriffic.
We wandered about, and then we successfully navigated to 'spenceshirt' (waypoint) to buy the boy a gondelier shirt. We didn't have the waypoint at the time, and yet we managed to return to our spot!
Summary...boat to Accademia, lunch where Larry and Judy ate, wandered over to the Salvador Dalli exhibit...that would have been the perfect ending to an Italian trip! Sort of surreal and all! But there was a huge line...we saw some sculptures by him, then walked and shopped our way to the hotel.
I watched glass being made, Heather bought glass jewelery, we bought kinky chocolate, and funny hats...
And we wandered down a canal 'I think we are on the alley where the wash was hanging last night" i said. Pround of knowing the left side of the ox from the right. except heather said "that alley was a canal..."
but we made it, and i need to lay down now.
tags: venice italy