Sigh…
Our last day in Venice I knew we had to have a plan or we would be moping around all day. So, we set off for the Fortuny Museum. Coffee first, at Cupido where I said my goodbyes to the … Continue reading →
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Rebound
Luckily, Ken felt better in the morning. He’s been doing a series of maneuvers with his head (I think it’s not Epley, but another one) and it seems to be helping. During the morning, we saw two young guys get … Continue reading →
Day Trip to Monselice
We were committed to doing one day trip during our stay in Venice to a place we hadn’t been before. I booked a 10:45 train for Monselice, and we took off towards the station. The ride was only 47 minutes. … Continue reading →
Barbara’s Last Day
The day started with meeting Barbara for coffee and watching her eat her breakfast at the Combo. Our mutual decision was to go to Dorsoduro and the Accademia museum. We took a nice break in the sun at Campo Santo … Continue reading →
Return to the Guggenheim
Getting back to a more normal-for-us rhythm, we left the apartment by 10:15 and took a little different walking route, along the river Nervion to the museum. We stopped for a much needed coffee on the way, bought our tickets … Continue reading →
San Giorgio
San Giorgio island was our goal for the morning. Walking to San Zaccaria to catch the vap we saw this shop full of people learning mask making from the maestro: On the way to San Giorgio, from the foggy 3 … Continue reading →
Arrivederci Amiche
Vicki caught the 6:30am boat to the airport and we walked Donna to the train station (Ken lovingly carried her suitcase) at 10:00. We were back to being flâneurs. We crossed over the Scalzi bridge and wandered a bit in … Continue reading →
Biennale Part 1
Because of the weather we had postponed our visit to the official Biennale until the weekend. Right on schedule we left the apartment right at 10:00 and, of course, it started to rain. But it was really short lived. We … Continue reading →
Safe and Smooth, indeed
Our dear friend Linda took us to the Tallahassee airport where we flew to Atlanta for a nice long layover in the Delta Lounge. We had a nice little lunch there, although I had a chocolate chip cookie AND a … Continue reading →
Packing Day
As predicted, it rained significantly more than drizzled, all day. We did a little packing and then Elisa came for a nice visit. We geared up and went over the Ponte Dona to the Bar Cupido. The wind was really … Continue reading →