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Beautiful Venice, the City of Canals, is a wonderfully romantic destination for any couple. Must-do romantic activities for Venice include viewing the city from the Campanile di San Marco, feeding the pigeons in St. Marks Square, a visit …
June 29, 2010
Top Last Minute Romantic European Getaways
Hotel reviews: The Crab and Lobster, Thirsk, North Yorkshire
… be shown to the room of your choice, which could be the Waldorf Atoria in New York the Cipriana Palace in Venice. La Mamounia Hotel in Marrakesh and many more. We stayed at the Sharrow Bay hotel in Ullswater.
As we walked through the door a …
June 28, 2010
Ideal vacation spots
… and lacking roadways, transportation is via canals, bridges, and waterways, to the three main islands. Additionally, Venice is surrounded by many historically old buildings, apartments, hotels, businesses and neighborhoods. It’s a city that survived …
June 27, 2010
Traveling to Italy – Part 2
… to be in a hotel where you can walk to all sites of interest.
Suggestion N# 2:
If you decide to use public transportation:
Stay very focused on your wallet, purse, etc, when on busses or the metro.
Have the concierge or …
The importance of food in understanding history
… starvation stories. Wars have been lost or won on the supply of salt, or the scarcity of food.
Salt was once so valuable it was used as money. In Rome and Venice, salt was part of the soldier’s weekly pay. It not only seasoned food, it was …
June 25, 2010
Travel reviews: Venice, Italy – Part 17
… a shallow lagoon, and having canals is convenient in facilitating transport. Today, these canals are a huge tourist attraction. Gondolas, the classical Venetian boat are used to ferry people around. Locals sometimes use the gondolas for ceremonies …
I Love Italian Wine And Food – The Veneto Region
… major player in the world of commerce and culture. Veneto’s present population is about 4.5 million.
Veneto’s capital, Venice, is one of the world’s top tourist destinations, claiming 60 million visitors a year. Its attractions are too …
Weather And Latitude Are Not Allies
… pages of my atlas. Lo and behold, Venice is also on the 45th parallel. Let me tell you that the Venice weather forecast never calls for getting buried in snow for three or four months of the year. In fact, the average temperature in January is +1 ( …