Venice
We found a rarity in Europe: free internet at a cool little cafe!
We-re in Venice and it's bloody hot and humid here. It's also reminding us of Winnipeg quite a bit because, being built on a marsh, Venice has lots of mosquitos. The rest of our group are complaining a lot louder than us tough 'Peggers. Pansies.
What to say? Venice is a lovely town when you can get over the fact that you're melting all the time. We went on a ridiculously expensive but very cool gondola ride yesterday. Seeing Venice from tiny little canals was really cool! The romance factor was pretty low since we were sharing the gondola with 2 other couples, but it was an experience that we couldn't pass up.
A guidebook sums up Venice nicely: a city of elegant decay. It's beautiful, sinking, and slowly falling apart. I've enjoyed it thoroughly.
Today is our last day here and then it's on to Munich and World Cup madness!
posted by Matt @ 4:53 AM
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Wow you're in Venice? What a beautiful place to be. I'll trade you - The elegant decay of Venice with the mid winter Australia.
nice blog.
a city of 'elegant decay'? sounds charming...
i'm sure someone with a degree in city planning could fix that right up. too bad there's not one close by...
Yeah, flippin' pansies. Though I must say that thus far the mosquitos have not been too bad.
I bet it's nuts there right now; Italy just secured their spot in the final sixteen with a 2 nill win over the Czech Republic. I would love to experience Europe in the midst of the world cup frenzy.
I'm seriously looking forward to the pictures!
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