Goofyernmost
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Day 5 & 6 of the Adventure.... October 24 & 25
Getting up at the crack of dawn, Saturday Morning, we traversed the path back to the Opera House, loaded with our baggage once again and caught the shuttle back to the airport. We caught a ValueJet flight to Venice. It was amazing to me how well thought out all the transportation in Europe is. The airport was along the canal of Venice and all it took was a minor walk from the terminal to the water taxi's to bring us to the center of Venice. We found our hotel easily and quickly settled in. We went for a walk to get ourselves acclimated to the area and (and I know I will catch some grief for this as well) had dinner at Hard Rock just a short distance from the hotel. During our two day stay we ate mostly at sidewalk and local dining establishment consuming the legally required amount of pasta and pizza. We went to St. Marks Square which was extremely crowded on Sunday. It was crowded because, of all days to be there, Sunday they held a local Marathon run. I'm not sure how that worked out, but, I suspect that running on the road would be fairly wet and probably slow one up.
I remember Venice from my previous trip in the late 60's and remember how tranqual it was there. I also notice, to their credit, that the canals were much, much cleaner then they were back then.
Sunday night we went to a concert that featured a string quartet and solo Oboist. It was held in an old church that was probably hundreds of years old (can't remember the name of it). The acoustics in the old building were fabulous and quite a change from the entertainment that I have become accustomed to as a bonafide red neck. After the concert we found a very nice and quaint little Restaurant and once again loaded up on pasta. It was delicious. We only had about a day and a half in Venice, but, we spent a lot of time just wondering around the narrow alleys that make up the "dry" streets of Venice. Still one of my favorite places.
And one more to show that it isn't only McDonald's that is everywhere. I give you....
Getting up at the crack of dawn, Saturday Morning, we traversed the path back to the Opera House, loaded with our baggage once again and caught the shuttle back to the airport. We caught a ValueJet flight to Venice. It was amazing to me how well thought out all the transportation in Europe is. The airport was along the canal of Venice and all it took was a minor walk from the terminal to the water taxi's to bring us to the center of Venice. We found our hotel easily and quickly settled in. We went for a walk to get ourselves acclimated to the area and (and I know I will catch some grief for this as well) had dinner at Hard Rock just a short distance from the hotel. During our two day stay we ate mostly at sidewalk and local dining establishment consuming the legally required amount of pasta and pizza. We went to St. Marks Square which was extremely crowded on Sunday. It was crowded because, of all days to be there, Sunday they held a local Marathon run. I'm not sure how that worked out, but, I suspect that running on the road would be fairly wet and probably slow one up.
I remember Venice from my previous trip in the late 60's and remember how tranqual it was there. I also notice, to their credit, that the canals were much, much cleaner then they were back then.
Sunday night we went to a concert that featured a string quartet and solo Oboist. It was held in an old church that was probably hundreds of years old (can't remember the name of it). The acoustics in the old building were fabulous and quite a change from the entertainment that I have become accustomed to as a bonafide red neck. After the concert we found a very nice and quaint little Restaurant and once again loaded up on pasta. It was delicious. We only had about a day and a half in Venice, but, we spent a lot of time just wondering around the narrow alleys that make up the "dry" streets of Venice. Still one of my favorite places.
And one more to show that it isn't only McDonald's that is everywhere. I give you....
It was nice to be out in the warm sun. They have the Star Wars wrap on monorail black now, but I couldn't get a good shot of it.
Evil. Did she at least grow up to be nice?
And I'm not caught up here either. 
Hope you get caught up soon. 
Farmers Almanac says it will be a low snow fall year with warmer than normal temperatures. 