Whenever you think of Venice there is always one thing that is bound to be mentioned – Gondolas, those romantic, stereotypical visions of Venice that ply their trade on the canals. The gondola is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian Lagoon. For centuries gondolas were the chief meansContinue reading “Gondolas & paint box bright”
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Venice Nov 2008
Back through the whirling mists of time now peeps, back to a fantastic break to Venice, the elaborate, gorgeous, decaying, sinking city of canals, mists and gondolas. We arrived in the dark to find the B and B we had chosen had doubled booked our room and had an alternative for us for one night.Continue reading “Venice Nov 2008”