Doge’s Palace
One of Europe’s most beautiful and easily recognizable buildings, the Doge’s Palace (Palazzo Ducale) was not only the center of government during the Venetian Republic but also the residence of…
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Teatro La Fenice
Teatro La Fenice (“The Phoenix”) is an opera house and is one of “the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre”, as well as in the…
Buongiorno Venice!
Our first full day in Venice! We slept hard last night as we recovered from jetlag and travelling. Woke up, got ready, took the lift downstairs and were about to…
We’ve Arrived
We arrived at Santa Lucia station last night after quite a journey. It was not as bad as expected but it was longer than we wanted it to be. And…
Planes, Trains, Automobiles, Kayaks, and Canoes!
Well as you saw in the last post, we got on in 40A and 40B. Two seats together by themselves and let me just that United did a really, really…
Where In The World
We’ve been thinking about travelling somewhere over the holiday season but we agreed it had to be standby and not using miles. So I’ve been watching flights all over the…
Oh The Things You’ll See
Just a collection of random trip thoughts and experiences. When we arrived at our first camp in the bush, the host was showing us our room when a spider crawled…
Africa Videos
Our internet access was intermittent and slow when we had it. Uploading a post could take an hour. So we didn’t upload any videos while we were on our trip.…
Coming Home
On our last morning in Franschhoek we enjoyed breakfast in the dining room of our farmhouse and then our driver took us to the Cape Town airport, about an hour…