As we leave behind northern Italy for the center, the vast, melancholy plains of the Veneto for the fecund ones of Emilia Romagna, we continue south along the coast, reaching into Le Marche, our destination for the next couple of days.
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As we leave behind northern Italy for the center, the vast, melancholy plains of the Veneto for the fecund ones of Emilia ...
As we left Venice yesterday, a fierce wind had picked up, bringing cold temperatures and gray skies. But as we drove south from the Veneto into Emilia Romagna, the cold turned frigid and the stinging rain turned to snow. After two weeks on the road, our streak of good fortune in dodging the bad weather had run out and we were driving into the belly of the beast.
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As we left Venice yesterday, a fierce wind had picked up, bringing cold temperatures and gray skies. But as we drove south ...
Before leaving Venice today for our drive to Ravenna, we indulged ourselves with a special treat. We made a pilgrimage of sorts to the Caffe del Doge, the flagship coffee house of our favorite brand of coffee in its Venetian home, just off the Grand Canal near the Rialto bridge.
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Before leaving Venice today for our drive to Ravenna, we indulged ourselves with a special treat. We made a pilgrimage of sorts ...
At lunch today our waiter forced us to finish with fritelle, the fried beignet filled with cream that is a typical Venetian Carnevale treat. “Coming to Carnevale in Venice without eating the fritelle is like a going to Rome and a notta seeing the Pope.” Here’s to you Benedict.
At lunch today our waiter forced us to finish with fritelle, the fried beignet filled with cream that is a typical Venetian ...
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| In costume at Harry's Bar |
Words cannot accurately describe Carnevale, and so at the going rate of one thousand words per (even after giving effect to the weakness in the Dollar) I should be able to meet my daily quota quite nicely.
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In costume at Harry's BarWords cannot accurately describe Carnevale, and so at the going rate of one thousand words per (even after ...
Coming to Carnevale in Venice is definitely a bucket list item. And if it never made it onto your bucket list, it should.
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Coming to Carnevale in Venice is definitely a bucket list item. And if it never made it onto your bucket list, it ...
This Venetian restaurant provides a safety lid on their grappa so it doesn’t splash in your eye and blind you.
This Venetian restaurant provides a safety lid on their grappa so it doesn't splash in your eye and blind you.
Gettin' crazy with the gavotte!http://www.youtube.com/get_player
Today is the last of our two days in Treviso, a sort of mini Venice without the gondolas,
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Today is the last of our two days in Treviso, a sort of mini Venice without the gondolas,Read more »
Lest our posts give the impression that life in Italy always runs according to script, that each morning we rise, eat a sumptuous breakfast as attendants give us neck rubs and wash our feet, glide effortlessly to our first appointment with nary a missed turn,
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Lest our posts give the impression that life in Italy always runs according to script, that each morning we rise, eat a ...
Just a quick post this morning, as today is a travel day. We leave Friuli and our new love, the Collio, to head southwest toward Venice for two nights in Treviso. Along the way we hope to stop in medieval Cividale del Friuli. More on that later.
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Just a quick post this morning, as today is a travel day. We leave Friuli and our new love, the Collio, to ...
