A Trip to Venice
Yes, I've been on my travels again. Last week Jayne and I spent a few days in the beautiful Italian city of Venice. If you click on the link below, it will take you to an album of photos I took while I was there.
We stayed at the Hotel Scandinavia, which for those of you who know Venice is about half-way between St Mark's and the Rialto Bridge. It proved to be a great location for exploring the city, about as central as you could wish. It was quiet and peaceful, however, helped considerably by the fact that no cars are allowed in the main part of the city.
We had a great few days exploring the narrow lanes and (of course) the many canals. According to Wikipedia, Venice consists of 118 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands are connected by about 400 bridges, and by the end of our break it felt as though we had crossed most of them!
I recommend Venice as a beautiful and fascinating place to visit. I would offer two pieces of advice to anyone thinking of going, however. First, get yourself a good, large-scale map: with the narrow streets and tall buildings, it's very easy to get lost. And second, pack some warm clothes. At the advice of a friend who had been before at this time of year I packed two woolly jumpers, and was very glad I had done so!
Incidentally, my online photo album was created using Picasa, the free photo organising (and editing) service from Google. Picasa automatically finds all the photos on your PC and lets you organise them into albums. And - as you can see - it also allows you to publish your albums to the Web for others to enjoy, again free of charge. If you'd like more info about Picasa, just click here and click on the banner that appears.
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We stayed at the Hotel Scandinavia, which for those of you who know Venice is about half-way between St Mark's and the Rialto Bridge. It proved to be a great location for exploring the city, about as central as you could wish. It was quiet and peaceful, however, helped considerably by the fact that no cars are allowed in the main part of the city.
We had a great few days exploring the narrow lanes and (of course) the many canals. According to Wikipedia, Venice consists of 118 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands are connected by about 400 bridges, and by the end of our break it felt as though we had crossed most of them!
I recommend Venice as a beautiful and fascinating place to visit. I would offer two pieces of advice to anyone thinking of going, however. First, get yourself a good, large-scale map: with the narrow streets and tall buildings, it's very easy to get lost. And second, pack some warm clothes. At the advice of a friend who had been before at this time of year I packed two woolly jumpers, and was very glad I had done so!
Incidentally, my online photo album was created using Picasa, the free photo organising (and editing) service from Google. Picasa automatically finds all the photos on your PC and lets you organise them into albums. And - as you can see - it also allows you to publish your albums to the Web for others to enjoy, again free of charge. If you'd like more info about Picasa, just click here and click on the banner that appears.
Nick at 4:25 AM 
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You're right Nick. Picasa is a great program. I use Picasa very successfully & would recommend it to those who are not techy minded!
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