August 22nd : Venice, Italy St Mark’s – High Prices = No Customers First, let me preface this entry by simply stating: there are two Venices; I have illustrated the differences below for you: Can you spot the difference? Decidedly Venice, on one hand is clearly a tourist trap. A nasty and undignified one which, […]
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August 21st : Venice, Italy A Gondola at Twilight: Ah, Venice Today we woke at 7am and quickly ate breakfast. Our 8 am private transfer had us at Leonardo di Vinci airport for our 10am flight by 8:30am. So we bid a sweet farewell to the ‘Eternal City’ and looked forward to a date with […]
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August 20th : Rome, Italy Trajan’s Marketplace Another busy day in Rome. This one felt as little bit cooler, but it was likely due to our choices of attractions. We had somehow managed to miss Trajan’s marketplace during our frequent visits to the central city area, so we addressed it as our first stop after […]
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