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D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Sun, Jul 6, 2014 9:01 PM More of our trip to the Mediterranean. This is the first of the last two days we spent on our own. No tours just the two of us walking around exploring Venice. This really is the best way to see a city. WC equals Wendy Cevola. I had a lot of fun watching for these signs and seeing how they varied from hand written to carved in marble. I ended up with a good collection of photos. Just like the good old USA. There was even a Best Western on a canal. Most of our meals were salad and pizza at small restaurants. The wind really made the heat more bearable. Notice how the WC is pointing to me in the photo above? I found this photo in a magazine. It shows the cruise ships docked with Venice behind them. This is the view from our hotel window. We could see the tower of San Marco square. OK, I just felt the need to share this strange toilet seat that was in our hotel bathroom. Skull Art on clothing is also prevalent in Venice. Old buildings everywhere. Wonderful skylines. The pizza in Italy is not as good as in the states and costs four times as much as Round Table. Dan felt the need to have spaghetti in Italy. It wasn't as good as in the states either. While we were having dinner we noticed that people had umbrella's. It had gone from hot and windy to raining in an hour. Rain made all the tourists disappear. The square had emptied out. We walked back in the rain and didn't get very wet. However Dan decided to add more water to his head. Isn't he cute? Breakfast came with our hotel room. The buffet was wonderful but was topped by the view. See the birds? They were everywhere finishing whatever anyone left on their plates. I couldn't tell if this high end clothing was based on McDonald's or not. It was still early so we decided to beat the crowds to the Rialto Bridge. The view from the top of the bridge. Dan standing on the bridge. We just enjoyed walking along the canal taking photos. Too bad that graffiti jerks ruin old buildings. We found a nice restaurant for lunch but we were asked to leave. We were not hungry enough. We ordered a bottle of water (we never found any free water in any of the countries we visited) and two salads. Without ordering entrees they would not serve us. So we left and later were hungry enough for our standard of pizza and salad. At that restaurant they had my initials posted so no wonder they served us. In Spain and now in Italy we saw the fish pedicure businesses. One more view near the Rialto bridge and we were heading back to the square. On the way we saw many shops with glass animals. I like the space men. The square had filled up by the time we reached it. The earlier rain had left some areas flooded and boards were put out so that tours could continue. We saw birds taking baths. Of course I found my initials again. I have a set just like these. I never get lost. We saw an artist working on glass animals. Pointing the way to Dan's favorite shop. Here it is. This is what it looks like after the tours start. We went back to the hotel. I could see which room was ours because I stuck post it notes in the windows. One more day and the journey ends. Then it's back to tiki time. Cheers, Wendy [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2014-07-06 21:16 ]

More of our trip to the Mediterranean. This is the first of the last two days we spent on our own. No tours just the two of us walking around exploring Venice. This really is the best way to see a city.

WC equals Wendy Cevola. I had a lot of fun watching for these signs and seeing how they varied from hand written to carved in marble. I ended up with a good collection of photos.

Just like the good old USA.

There was even a Best Western on a canal.

Most of our meals were salad and pizza at small restaurants.

The wind really made the heat more bearable.

Notice how the WC is pointing to me in the photo above?

I found this photo in a magazine. It shows the cruise ships docked with Venice behind them.

This is the view from our hotel window. We could see the tower of San Marco square.

OK, I just felt the need to share this strange toilet seat that was in our hotel bathroom.

Skull Art on clothing is also prevalent in Venice.

Old buildings everywhere.

Wonderful skylines.

The pizza in Italy is not as good as in the states and costs four times as much as Round Table. Dan felt the need to have spaghetti in Italy. It wasn't as good as in the states either.

While we were having dinner we noticed that people had umbrella's. It had gone from hot and windy to raining in an hour.

Rain made all the tourists disappear. The square had emptied out. We walked back in the rain and didn't get very wet.

However Dan decided to add more water to his head. Isn't he cute?

Breakfast came with our hotel room. The buffet was wonderful but

was topped by the view. See the birds? They were everywhere finishing whatever anyone left on their plates.

I couldn't tell if this high end clothing was based on McDonald's or not.

It was still early so we decided to beat the crowds to the Rialto Bridge.

The view from the top of the bridge.

Dan standing on the bridge.

We just enjoyed walking along the canal taking photos.

Too bad that graffiti jerks ruin old buildings.

We found a nice restaurant for lunch but we were asked to leave. We were not hungry enough. We ordered a bottle of water (we never found any free water in any of the countries we visited) and two salads. Without ordering entrees they would not serve us.
So we left and later were hungry enough for our standard of pizza and salad.