Our final full day in Venice was spent with a leisurely morning walk to Piazza San Marco, a visit to the San Marco Basilica and then the ‘Secret Itineraries’ tour of the Doges Palace. We then were to hop back on the vaporetto and head out to the beautiful lace making island of Burano. Luckily,…
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Wandering around and Murano
To try and keep Venice as relaxing as possible, we woke up with the church bells, had breakfast and then went back to bed for a later sleep in! We hopped on the vaporetto and headed out on our adventure for the day. Through different neighborhoods, you see Venice change along the way. When we…
Oh Venezia!
Venice was everything I loved and remembered! It was great to have it as our rest stop after such a crazy time in Rome. We were able to just wander around and really take it easy and have as much of a r est – we were exhausted when we got there. The only disappointing…
AALL Boston – I am there! #aall12
I know it has been ages since my last update – I really have to get on to documenting the rest of Europe. This is even more of a priority since last week we booked to return to Rome in February next year. Oops! We couldn’t help ourselves. We love Rome so much – we…
Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli
Quite simply, our accommodation in Venice was fantastic. The Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli is such a great place to stay – it isn’t fancy, it isn’t a hostel but in my opinion, it is a great option in Venice where accommodation can be so expensive. The history of the building is amazing and there…
Roma – Venezia #blogjune
We got to Termini time for our train to Venice on the Frecciargento train. Train travel is just awesome in Europe and makes everything so easy. It was such a fast AND smooth trip. I slept for a couple of hours! One highlight was the little refreshments cart that came down the train aisle. It…
A supermarket adventure and dinner… #blogjune
After our full day on the Scavi tour and at the Vatican museums, it was time for some downtime for our last night in Rome. We just wanted to go to a nearby restaurant and have an easy dinner and an early night. Bill also thought it would be fun to go to an Italian…
Monday in Rome #blogjune
On Monday it was another early morning as it was time for a Scavi Tour. We had to be back at St Peter’s at 8.30am! Yep – back to St Peter’s AGAIN! The Scavi Tour can be extremely difficult to get tickets to – only a small amount of people are able to tour the…
The Blevins and the Pope #blogjuine
Our alarm went off at 5.30am on Sunday morning and we had no problem getting up at all! We were off to Mass at St Peter’s but this wasn’t just any Mass. Pope Benedict was presiding and the Mass included the ordinations of new priests. WHOA! Before bed, we got all of our clothes and…
Domus Australia #blogjune
Our accomodation in Rome was at Domus Australia. It was the most unbelievable accomodation and an absolutelty wonderful experience to stay in such a beautiful place. It was just perfect! I first saw mention of Domus when we dropped into St Patrick’s in Gundagai – there was a brochure on a table. I picked it…