Well today we are getting organized to catch the train to Florence, Italy at 1:00pm. We are doing the "Time Warp" and travelling on the bullet train, hold onto your hats! We really enjoyed Venice, we stayed away from the tourist areas as much as possible and our visit was way more enjoyable, (no subway stations to figure out, so glad that is behind us). Venice has so many pockets of residential areas, walking through mazes of buildings down narrow alleys and t...

Ciao everyone! All refreshed and rested we are off to Murano Island by Vaparetto, I love being on the water, sat at the back of the water bus which is outside to take it in all. It is a fifteen minute ride to the island. Murano is famous for their hand blown glass and chandeliers. We had a wonderful quiet afternoon touring the island and visiting all the glass factories and small shops. Couldn't resist the beautiful coloured glass and bought two beautiful glas...

Well we survived train travel from Paris to Venice. A different experience, really tight quarters and not very comfortable. Tom and I must of slept a total of 2 hours and then next thing you know we are at our destination. Funny thing about not getting any sleep once you are in a new environment and busy exploring you get your second wind and can go for hours without sleep. Coming out of the Venice train station onto the Grand Canal you are transported to a dif...