We arrived back in Venice after travelling 2,655 nautical miles and visiting 10 ports of call (minus 1 that was cancelled due to weather) plus 3 days in Venice, We disembarked our floating home of 12 days and caught our bus to the airport to come home. The end of vacation is always a bittersweet time. Bitter because we're having to leave behind fantastic sights, experiences and new friends and sweet because we get to see our family and friends that we'v...

This is the day we leave on our 12 day cruise on the Pacific Princess cruise ship. We have mixed feelings. It will be nice to see some new places but we love Venice so much it's bittersweet to be leaving. After the best nights sleep yet we decided to do one last walk about Venice. It really is a fantastic city! It never gets old. You can see something new no matter how many times you visit. We took the "people mover" to the port. Yes it's called the "peo...

We are going to Casarsa today to visit Vic's family. Our train left at 10:00 am and we arrived in Casarsa della Delizia, Fruili at 11:30am. Laura and her husband met us at the train station.Casarsa della Delizia, simply known as Casarsa, is a municipality in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 15 kilometres (9 mi) east of Pordenone.We walked to cousin Lau...

I woke up refreshed today after getting about 9 hours of sleep. The sun was shining and I looked forward to what today had in store for us. During our past visits to Venice we never left the city. Today we decided to visit the islands of Murano and Burano in the northern lagoon. We took a vaporetti (bus-boat) on the vaporetto (public transit system) to Murano.  It took 10 minutes from the Fondamenta Nuove vaporetto stop on the north shore of Venice.  We could ...

Summer is over and we got the travel bug again. We decided to have a more relaxing vacation this time around. We're going on a Mediterranean Cruise with a few days beforehand to explore Venice and the surrounding area. Venice - we've been here before but it is a city of stunning architecture, mysterious passageways, and of course, the canals all of which are begging to be explored. Venice is one of the most alluring cities in the world and we can't wait to get...