The Churches of Venezia
We have decided to go into Venezia in the early afternoon, exploring some of the churches of Venice we didn't get a chance to see and then linger over an early dinner there tonight.
Venice Virgins We Are Not
Stephano suggests that we drive to Punta Sabbione, the tiny finger-like peninsula which is across from Venezia, and then take one of the many ferries into the city. Noventa di Piave is already halfway there, and we quickly agree...
The Culture and Beauty of Japan and Venice
The more I read about Japan, the higher the country – its history, culture, and beauty – inches up on my travel list. The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns ($33.50, HarperCollins Canada) sweeps readers back to Japan to the...
A Night at the Opera in Buenos Aires
We have two things on today’s agenda: 1) to get back to Buenos Aires; 2) the performance of Benjamin Britten’s opera “Death in Venice” at the Teatro Colon. The early morning flight home is uneventful, despite being late, and by...
Ahhhhhh, The Wonders of Travel.
Monday, August 23rd, 2004: Noventa di Piave, Italy N 45 E 012 Trieste Airport to Noventa di Piave: 87 kilometres Venezia beckons us and we arrive back in Trieste with not a whole lot of help from Ryanair other than the actual...