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wolflady26 and her husband and a friend this weekend.
We didn't take a gondola because they charge like 120 Euros per hour and that was a bit out of our range, but we did take a vaporetto (water bus, basically) along the Canal Grande Sunday morning, before we went into the Doge's palace.
Friday we drove down (note to self: next time I think I'd rather take the plane.wolflady26's husband did all the driving, but it was still a really long ride) and after checking in at our hotel in Marghera (much cheaper than Venice, and a really nice place, despite some moldy spots), took a bus into town.
wolflady26 required us to get lost, which we did. It was nice to walk around the sestiere Santa Croce and Cannaregio and see a bit of the less touristy Venice.
Saturday we then went into the tourist areas, saw San Marcus (really nice, but unfortunately they don't allow you to just sit down and stare up at the amazingly decorated ceiling, they basically just want to herd you through.) and the Piazza, the doge's palace from the outside, San Michele only from the boat (we tried to get there about 4 times, but the boat never stopped. Turned out we were too late, the cemetery closes at six.) and a bit of Murano.
I had to think ofthehoodedcrow really often, because there were tons and tons of amazing masks, if you took the time to go to the better stores and away from the street vendors with the cheap Chinese stuff.
I bought a lovely mask in a workshop (pictures will follow). I also bought a necklace from Murano and generally spent way too much money on touristy stuff.
Saturday evening I managed to make it impossible for any of us to ever enter a certain restaurant again by sending two other guests away, not realizing the waitress was within hearing distance. But the food was so horrible, disgusting, terrible that I think seriously pissing off a waitress should be made up for by saving two unsuspecting tourists from our fate. It should have warned us that an Italian couple left because the waitress couldn't understand any Italian...
I loved Venice.
The whole atmosphere of the town is great. It isn't all clean and nice and in good repair, quite on the contrary. Some houses look like they're falling apart any minute, the channels aren't exactly clean either. But the town has a certain grace and serenity that makes you overlook the faults. Or rather, it wears the scars of a long life proudly and with an ease I haven't seen before.
I hope my pictues came out well. I didn't take my father's digital camera, just my own regular one, and had three rolls of film full on Sunday before entering the rooms of the Doge's palace. Which was alright because you're not allowed to take pictures there anyway. Which didn't keep some French tourists from stopping traffic through the Bridge of Sighs (you can't actually stand on the Bridge of Sighs, it feels rather like a narrow tunnel instead of a bridge, no matter what Byron said) by trying to take pictures of the sea through the tiniest windows.
I think I still haven't processed it all. There was so much, so many beautiful views and lovely scenes, so many peaceful and funny and relaxing and amusing moments.
Therefore, and also because I am still pretty tired, I called the nice kid this morning and told him I wouldn't go to the movies with him tonight. Instead, I'll drive back to Hammelburg sometime this afternoon and go to a photo place in town to get my pictures developed.
Time for lunch.
Had a lovely time in Venice with
wolflady26 and her husband and a friend this weekend.We didn't take a gondola because they charge like 120 Euros per hour and that was a bit out of our range, but we did take a vaporetto (water bus, basically) along the Canal Grande Sunday morning, before we went into the Doge's palace.
Friday we drove down (note to self: next time I think I'd rather take the plane.
wolflady26's husband did all the driving, but it was still a really long ride) and after checking in at our hotel in Marghera (much cheaper than Venice, and a really nice place, despite some moldy spots), took a bus into town.wolflady26 required us to get lost, which we did. It was nice to walk around the sestiere Santa Croce and Cannaregio and see a bit of the less touristy Venice.Saturday we then went into the tourist areas, saw San Marcus (really nice, but unfortunately they don't allow you to just sit down and stare up at the amazingly decorated ceiling, they basically just want to herd you through.) and the Piazza, the doge's palace from the outside, San Michele only from the boat (we tried to get there about 4 times, but the boat never stopped. Turned out we were too late, the cemetery closes at six.) and a bit of Murano.
I had to think of
thehoodedcrow really often, because there were tons and tons of amazing masks, if you took the time to go to the better stores and away from the street vendors with the cheap Chinese stuff.I bought a lovely mask in a workshop (pictures will follow). I also bought a necklace from Murano and generally spent way too much money on touristy stuff.
Saturday evening I managed to make it impossible for any of us to ever enter a certain restaurant again by sending two other guests away, not realizing the waitress was within hearing distance. But the food was so horrible, disgusting, terrible that I think seriously pissing off a waitress should be made up for by saving two unsuspecting tourists from our fate. It should have warned us that an Italian couple left because the waitress couldn't understand any Italian...
I loved Venice.
The whole atmosphere of the town is great. It isn't all clean and nice and in good repair, quite on the contrary. Some houses look like they're falling apart any minute, the channels aren't exactly clean either. But the town has a certain grace and serenity that makes you overlook the faults. Or rather, it wears the scars of a long life proudly and with an ease I haven't seen before.
I hope my pictues came out well. I didn't take my father's digital camera, just my own regular one, and had three rolls of film full on Sunday before entering the rooms of the Doge's palace. Which was alright because you're not allowed to take pictures there anyway. Which didn't keep some French tourists from stopping traffic through the Bridge of Sighs (you can't actually stand on the Bridge of Sighs, it feels rather like a narrow tunnel instead of a bridge, no matter what Byron said) by trying to take pictures of the sea through the tiniest windows.
I think I still haven't processed it all. There was so much, so many beautiful views and lovely scenes, so many peaceful and funny and relaxing and amusing moments.
Therefore, and also because I am still pretty tired, I called the nice kid this morning and told him I wouldn't go to the movies with him tonight. Instead, I'll drive back to Hammelburg sometime this afternoon and go to a photo place in town to get my pictures developed.
Time for lunch.
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Date: 2006-05-09 01:16 am (UTC)Nice to hear you had a great time, you definitely needed and deserved that. *huggles*
I hope you will be scanning and posting some pictures for us.