Comments on: Venice, La Serenissima

By: portugalbear

portugalbear — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:01:11 +0000

MM your pictures brings back so much memories of Venice. Sad that we didn’t have the luxury of time to really explore the whole place. would love to go back again.

By: Marketfan

Marketfan — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:49:20 +0000

the alleys of Venice can be spooky at night, the whole place is like a maze and its so easy to imagine bumping into a masked creature when rounding a corner..however, we took comfort in the fact that you can’t really get lost because the place is an island..the farthest you can go is near the water’s edge..

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 25 May 2010 23:15:28 +0000

rex, there are “avenues” or wide sidewalks, but I never crossed a “road” per se. There is a causeway and trains can get to the outskirts of Venice. As for trucks or cars, I don’t think I ever saw one in the main parts of Venice. Even groceries and restaurants have their supplies delivered by launch or boat.

By: rex

rex — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:31:02 +0000

i thought before that venice was without roads. how wrong i was. it seems like only the canals of venice are featured/shown in the movies.

By: Lemons and Anchovies

Lemons and Anchovies — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:17:32 +0000

Venice is fabulous–it’s one of my favorite places in the world. Your pictures are a great reminder of one memorable trip.

In fact, my cousins from the Philippines have just arrived in Venice from Rome and they are over the moon!

Thanks for your post!

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:46:46 +0000

Ooohh… your in Venice! Shoot, would’ve loved to meet marketman in Venice. We were just there a couple of weeks back. Spent more time buying Murano glass then touring the place, haha! Don’t forget to visit Murano and Lido Island :D

Btw, here’s my post, just updated it this weekend: https://pinkswarovski.blogspot.com/2010/05/italy-trip-part-3-venice.html

By: Mom-Friday

Mom-Friday — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:32:08 +0000

This one is in my bucket list of places to visit, aside from the seven wonders of the world!

By: faith

faith — Tue, 25 May 2010 06:50:16 +0000

Going over your post gave me goosebumps. I really do hope I get to visit Venice even just once in my lifetime. :)

By: Ana (AdoboRice.com)

Ana (AdoboRice.com) — Tue, 25 May 2010 05:54:53 +0000

Venice is my favourite city! We were there in late spring, before the city gets really crowded and after the streets dry up from the flood. We have been lucky to have found an accomodation listed as a hostel but turned out to be a flat just a few streets from San Marco. i lived next door to locals, my bedroom overlooking a small courtyard garden, and every morning gets awaken by the lively chit-chatting of the mommas cleaning outside their homes. far from a luxury accomodation but was as authentic as it gets. Every morning when we forage for breakfast, we randomly pick an unknown coffee from the long list (they offer more than your local starbucks) and stopped when we realised the coffee we ordered contains some strong liquor! that explained the funny look from the barista!

By: lorraine

lorraine — Tue, 25 May 2010 05:25:20 +0000

ahhhh…venice…so beautiful…one item on my bucket list is to go back there and see it’s beauty again…this time with my husband.
the romance of venice was wasted on me and my girlfriend. :-)