After climbing around on the ramparts and coming out of the opulent setting of the Basilica we strolled around the square which is full of cafe’s and restaurants. It is a truly amazing site as many of the restaurants have seating outside in roped off areas and orchestras playing to the patrons. We brought a foccacia roll and sat on the steps taking in the sights and sounds. St Marks square is totally overrun by pigeons. They are everywhere and we watched as a little girl of about two, ran around chasing them and they would fly off for a…
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Piazza St Marco
Friday, May 11th, 2007 at
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History Lesson – Across the Square to the Basilica di San Marco
Friday, May 11th, 2007 at
10:32 am
Our hotel was very close to St Marks Square so it was just an easy stroll to take in the sight of this majestic Basilica. The Basilica di San Marco (Saint Mark’s Basilica) church in Venice began in 829 (consecrated in 832) as an ecclesiastical structure to house and honor the remains of St. Mark that had been brought from Alexandria. St. Mark became the patron saint of Venice, replacing St. Theodore. His attribute of a winged lion became the official symbol of the Venetian Republic. San Marco Basilica was built beside the Palazzo Ducale or Doges’ Palace and served…
First Days in Venice
Friday, May 11th, 2007 at
9:39 am
We arrive at the hotel and are taken to our room. Uh oh, this won’t do. They have given us a double bed, well no this definitely won’t do, we had specifically booked a twin room. So off we go down to reception to see if another room can be found, and sure enough there is a room at the top of some rather steep stairs, almost like a ladder, with a heavy gold colored rope adorned with red braid, with which to haul ourselves up. Lots of fun and good exercise. The view from this room was over some…
Italy at Last
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007 at
3:39 am
We board the train and settle back to relax and watch the beautiful scenery through Austria and on into Italy. A young couple with their toddler and baby join us in our carriage. We get talking, as the young woman speaks some English, we of course, are hopeless at anything other than English. It turns out that the young lady had spent some time in Australia so we had lots to talk about. They were off to visit her parents in the Austrian Alps. We compared the weather between the two countries, the work situation, education and politics, with the…
The Start of Our Fantastic Trip to Europe
Monday, October 30th, 2006 at
2:12 am
In 2001, My friend Paula and I decided to go to Europe for a holiday. I had always wanted to go to Italy and especially Florence. However Paula convinced me that as we were going to be flying all the way from Australia, we should visit a few more place than just Florence. After the excitement of planning the trip, with the fabulous travel agent from American Express, we set off from Sydney to Singapore. What a pleasure it was to land in Singapore, the airport is just great with lots of beautiful orchid garden arrangements. The ladies that we…
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