Venice, Here I come! - Page 2

Veilingmeat · 03-03-2007, 01:02 AM

Ay

glad you had a wonderful time Kiera, sounds as if it did hurt thee ol wallet just a tad! I can understand that in such places in Italy of such great fame and fortune will always be costly, but its sooooo worth it. I'v also been to the great Venezia...but i was only 7yo hehe, so I'v bugger all memory of it

aaanyway...pictures Kiera pictures....i can never get enough of Italy! love it to bits!

Little Bird · 03-03-2007, 01:20 AM

I've been putting some photos together today. It seems there's none of me on there. LOL. Peter has all the ones with us in them on his camera. Once I get those, i'll add them to the album and post a link. Right now, it's 2:19am and I've spent the entire day online catching up.

I'm shattered. See you all tomorrow.

DreamsLast · 03-03-2007, 06:00 AM

One of my lifelong dreams has been to ride in a gondola in Venice.........and ONE DAY I'll do just that. Until then I can re-live the Venice experience through Kiera's recent trip..........Glad you enjoyed it so much! :-)

Little Bird · 03-03-2007, 11:33 AM

The gondola trips are great. The have arms of steal with the amount of rowing they do and even some of them do sing (though some really shouldn't - LOL). Their gondolas cost anywhere from €20,000 upwards and are incredibly comfortable and beautifully ornate. I'm sure you'll love it.

007 · 03-03-2007, 02:34 PM

OH, at first I thought a gondola was the air cable cars used all over the world. SHows my smarts, right?

Eibhlin · 03-03-2007, 03:02 PM

actually I think the term gondola may be used for both...
but I'm not 100% sure there

Little Bird · 03-03-2007, 03:31 PM

Yep, it's also a cable car

007 · 03-03-2007, 05:04 PM

I'm scared to death of those things (the air cars), just wanted to clarify.

Little Bird · 03-04-2007, 01:29 AM

Ok, Here's some photos.

San Marco Square

Same but a little later when it got misty

Ponte Di Rialto - The famous Venetian bridge

The Happy Couple!

Venice is still technically sinking and through techtonic movement the buildings are still moving. This is one of the buildings where the subsidence is very visible

Here is one of the gondolas

Venice is also famous for the Masquerade. Here is a photo of one of the shops that are all over Venice
http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...carageshop.jpg

The canal at night

Here are more photos

kjm030584 · 03-04-2007, 01:46 AM

wow.... 0.o those are beautiful. I bet you had a great time. Do they have taxi boats?

Eibhlin · 03-04-2007, 03:08 AM

now that is awesome, and I am jealous

last_dance_rodeo · 03-04-2007, 03:29 AM

Wow those photos are beautiful. So is that woman in that one pic. Hehehe

awiste · 03-04-2007, 03:47 AM

Simply beautiful! Thank you for sharing your photos!

007 · 03-04-2007, 10:10 PM

I love the one with the Canal at night, and theh misty photograph of the Square di San Marco. Really touching images, beautiful stuff. Thanks for that.

Jonesy

Little Bird · 03-04-2007, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by kjm030584

wow.... 0.o those are beautiful. I bet you had a great time. Do they have taxi boats?

Yes they have water taxi's but they're very expensive. The cheapest form of transport were your own feet and you could get everywhere that way but the second cheapest was the water bus. This was €6 and may not seem all the much but a return trip for the 2 of us was €24. Realising you could get everywhere by foot and got to see a lot more, we only did that once but I do recommend if you ever do go there, to take the waterbus at least once!

Chris, You should see some of the ones I didn't include. Peter has a habit of taking sneaky pictures of me when I'm just walking around or making funny faces. Some of them are just awful. LOL

Jones, the one in San Marco with the mist was a chance shot. It was a perfectly clear day the whole time we were there with the exception of about 50 minutes when some mist came in from the sea. We were nowhere near San Marco when the mist first hit but by the time we got there and I took that photo, the mist was gone mere moments later.

03-03-2007, 01:02 AM	#16
Veilingmeat Veiling yet very Meaty Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dismal Euphonic Ol' Blighty! Posts: 885 Rep Power: 0	Ay glad you had a wonderful time Kiera, sounds as if it did hurt thee ol wallet just a tad! I can understand that in such places in Italy of such great fame and fortune will always be costly, but its sooooo worth it. I'v also been to the great Venezia...but i was only 7yo hehe, so I'v bugger all memory of it aaanyway...pictures Kiera pictures....i can never get enough of Italy! love it to bits! __________________ Behold, my love, behold all that I simultaneously do: scandal, seduction, bad example, incest, adultery, sodomy! Oh, Satan! one and unique God of my soul, inspire thou in me something yet more, present further perversions to my smoking heart, and then shalt thou see how I shall plunge myself into them all! -Marquis De Sade-

03-03-2007, 01:20 AM	#17
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	I've been putting some photos together today. It seems there's none of me on there. LOL. Peter has all the ones with us in them on his camera. Once I get those, i'll add them to the album and post a link. Right now, it's 2:19am and I've spent the entire day online catching up. I'm shattered. See you all tomorrow. __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom

03-03-2007, 06:00 AM	#18
DreamsLast ~~Moderator~~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 1,635 Rep Power: 232	One of my lifelong dreams has been to ride in a gondola in Venice.........and ONE DAY I'll do just that. Until then I can re-live the Venice experience through Kiera's recent trip..........Glad you enjoyed it so much! :-) __________________ "We are loved beyond our capacity to comprehend..." -Jewel Kilcher, Acoustic Goddess Of Song & Modern Day Troubador

03-03-2007, 11:33 AM	#19
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	The gondola trips are great. The have arms of steal with the amount of rowing they do and even some of them do sing (though some really shouldn't - LOL). Their gondolas cost anywhere from €20,000 upwards and are incredibly comfortable and beautifully ornate. I'm sure you'll love it. __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom

03-03-2007, 03:02 PM	#21
Eibhlin Oscillating Fan Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 2,044 Rep Power: 254	actually I think the term gondola may be used for both... but I'm not 100% sure there __________________ I'd like to call you my wild horse and feed you silver sage Andrea an eye for an eye makes the world blind

03-03-2007, 02:34 PM	#20
007 Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Staring at four gray walls that surround me.... Posts: 692 Rep Power: 0	OH, at first I thought a gondola was the air cable cars used all over the world. SHows my smarts, right?

03-03-2007, 03:31 PM	#22
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	Yep, it's also a cable car __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom

03-03-2007, 05:04 PM	#23
007 Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Staring at four gray walls that surround me.... Posts: 692 Rep Power: 0	I'm scared to death of those things (the air cars), just wanted to clarify.

03-04-2007, 01:29 AM	#24
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	Ok, Here's some photos. San Marco Square Same but a little later when it got misty Ponte Di Rialto - The famous Venetian bridge The Happy Couple! Venice is still technically sinking and through techtonic movement the buildings are still moving. This is one of the buildings where the subsidence is very visible Here is one of the gondolas Venice is also famous for the Masquerade. Here is a photo of one of the shops that are all over Venice http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w...carageshop.jpg The canal at night Here are more photos __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom

03-04-2007, 01:46 AM	#25
kjm030584 Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,843 Rep Power: 253	wow.... 0.o those are beautiful. I bet you had a great time. Do they have taxi boats? __________________

03-04-2007, 03:08 AM	#26
Eibhlin Oscillating Fan Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 2,044 Rep Power: 254	now that is awesome, and I am jealous __________________ I'd like to call you my wild horse and feed you silver sage Andrea an eye for an eye makes the world blind

03-04-2007, 03:29 AM	#27
last_dance_rodeo Temporarily Absent Mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,212 Rep Power: 251	Wow those photos are beautiful. So is that woman in that one pic. Hehehe __________________ Her face is moonworn and thin, she's been wishing on too many stars again.

03-04-2007, 03:47 AM	#28
awiste Alli Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 283 Rep Power: 0	Simply beautiful! Thank you for sharing your photos!

03-04-2007, 10:10 PM	#29
007 Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Staring at four gray walls that surround me.... Posts: 692 Rep Power: 0	I love the one with the Canal at night, and theh misty photograph of the Square di San Marco. Really touching images, beautiful stuff. Thanks for that. Jonesy