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| Piazza San Marco |
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View from Piazza San Marco
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| At Mercato Rialto |
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| St. Mark Basilica |
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| Me relaxing ;-) |
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| At Rialto Bridge |
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| Having Sepe al nero |
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Pizza alle Vongole
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| Gondolas |
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| View from Piazza San Marco |
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| Appreciating the beauty of Venice |
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| Easy walk |
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| Piazza San Marco by night |
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| Piazza San Marco by night |
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| Strike a pose at Piazza San Marco by night |
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| At the souvenir shop |
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| When your in Venice, do as the Venetian do ;-) |
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| Up the tower of San Marco |
Hello Lovelies,
How's
everyone? Hope you doing fine as always. As you noticed it has been
quite a long time since my last blog posting as I was on a holiday with
my friend. Been to 3 countries in Europe namely Italy, Germany, Austria
mainly the cities of Venice, Munich, Vienna.
First
stop was Venice. Had already visited this city back in June 2011, with
my husband. At that time was so impressed by La Serenissima: Simply
and heart rendingly beautiful. NO CARS, of course, which was great ;-)
Could you imagine a "floating city" ? WOW!! Stunning architecture,
ornate history, enchanting gondolas gliding over the canals, ubiquitous
water taxis streaming busily: Fabulous !! Piazza San Marco lit up for
the night, ever so romantic; restaurants abounding with delicious
Venetian sapori to the tune of lilting live music courtesy of the
eateries' owners. That and much much more. So back again with a
vengeance however this time with a bosom buddy who is a rather
proficient photographer herself I must add.
Finding
the hotel which was near the train station of Santa Lucia was both easy
and convenient as we needed to travel on the morrow to Munich as well
as make other rail ticket arrangements for our return trip from Vienna.
That bit settled we began snacking up this Princess of the Golfo.
Past
knowledge came in handy for a quick yet interesting tour of the most
eye-catching features of the main island including the more historied
calli and a spot or two like climbing up the Tower of San Marco which I
had missed with hubby due to summer's thronging queues.
I
also renewed my relationship with the sepe al nero, the lagoon's ink
black sauced traditional pasta of Venice though homage to our meridiano
'homeland' was rendered with a mouth watering pizza alle vongole that I
could not recollect having tasted better anywhere else I've been,
though, of course I still have to do Naples ;-)
As
it had been and still is, Venice is a painter's dream and therefore is
by definition also a photographer's. Though no Canaletto we took some
elagiac images of her Majesty of the Sea, tasted her delicious abundance
and let the culture have its storied ways with us.
In
many ways, life as it once was, no cars, no pavements, no traffic
signals except for sea craft and most importantly the size: The measure
of man.
Courtesy photo by friend
+April Joan
Thanks for viewing,
Xoxo,
Jhinky
1 comment:
You look stunning, I admire your coat and scarf so much,you look amazing!!! I am following you on gfc, i hope you do the same.Yo got a lovely meal in front of you, yum!
Kisses..
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