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10/13/06 - Dexter, MI Back in the good ole' USA |
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After a delightful and delicious final stop in Milan, we
bid Europe farewell and arrived in Michigan without incident on
Wednesday evening. A fantastic trip, no doubt about it,
but after almost 3 months of travel, Caroline sure is happy to
be back in the land of English speakers and toilet seats.
And in the middle of taking care of some post-travel business
affairs, we have even already managed our first Coney Island
dining experience...aaahhhh, life is good. Stay tuned, as we posts lots of photos and prepare for our trip to the East coast later this month... |
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| Seeing Venice, Before It's Underwater | |||||||||
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10/09/06 - Venice, Italy (Venice & Milan photo album) Eating and wandering in one of Europe's most romantic cites |
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After turning in our Fiat Panda rental (which we'd grown to love
after a month of her faithful service), we managed our way to
the apartment in spite of a public transit strike that happened
to be underway upon our arrival. We had to spring for a
private water taxi ride across Venice ($80!), which turned out
to be one of our Venitian highlights and a worthy splurge.
We originally hadn't planned to go to Venice. While checking into home exchanges in Tuscany and Umbria, we received a response from a woman who owned a place in Venice in addition to Umbria, and offered it up as part of the deal. Although the home exchange eventually fell through, we ended up renting her apartment in a very 'locals only' neighborhood on the east side of the island in the Castello district. The apartment was perfect, overlooking a small canal in a quiet but easily accessible part of town. Venice was easier to like than we had expected. If you can stay away from the annoying pigeons being fed by the even more annoying tourists in Piazza San Marco (not hard to do), it's a great city in which to wander aimlessly. Even when we were trying to take a specific route, we ended up wandering aimlessly - it's very easy to get lost on those tiny winding streets. We spent the vast majority of our time being lost in Venice and riding the vaporetto boats up and down the Grand Canal. Of course (as usual), we managed to set aside several hours each day for eating, and eat we did. Some of the best food that we've had in Italy! But Scott's Dad has told him on many occasions that Milan has the "best food in the world", so we head there next for our last meals in Europe before flying back to Michigan on Wednesday.
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