Venice is V.Nice

Picturesque and lovely, Venice is likely to account for a vast number of my holiday photos. How can I resist it? When it was serving up perfect photo opportunities from the moment we arrived at Piazza San Marco and a pigeon flew over and landed on Greg's hand! He looked at it. It looked at him. Then it stayed calmly still for my photos. It would probably still be there if Greg had not cried out "look, I'm a Disney princess!", startling me, the pigeon, and a handful of passing tourists. The pigeon flew away and who can blame it?

2024 has been a year with a number of milestone events, none of which we could celebrate in any monetary way because I was saving every penny for this trip. But I'm making up for it now! 

Big birthday? Buy a gorgeous scarf from the Fortuny shop, based on the work of 1920s designer Mariano Fortuny. It is utterly gorgeous and when I wear it, so am I!

30th wedding anniversary? Gondola ride! I would say "romantic gondola ride", but it wasn't as we had the kids with us. Well, the one who doesn't get sick in boats, anyway. Gliding through the sunny peaceful morning, it was easy to see how La Serenissima got its name.

And finally, Holly's 21st. For this, she took a glass-blowing class on Murano, where they let her have a go at making a drinking glass! I look forward to the result. She said it was great fun and now I have to worry about how we will top this when Alex reaches 21 in a few years' time...

The trip has not been without its stresses as we navigate cities, trains and ferries in Italian, but I think the worst moment so far was when we got up early to take Sunrise Over Venice photos and I discovered at the crucial moment that I had put the camera battery on the charger and failed to retrieve it! Greg nobly rose to the occasion by racing back to the hotel to get it for me. And I thanked him by only taking 6,000 pics instead of 7,000!

Next we leave the warmth of Italy and head for the chill of Austria, where I believe it is currently -1°. We are leaving Venice on an overnight train with a cast of intriguing and mysterious characters. Hmmm, what does that remind me of...?






Comments

  1. Pip and BruceDecember 14, 2024 at 11:45 AM

    You are creating some great memories. We look forward to being captured, sorry, captivated by the 6,000 photos.

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  2. Cecilia MooneyDecember 14, 2024 at 8:26 PM

    How wonderful! Owen and I have very special memories of Venice.

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  3. BestSisterDecember 15, 2024 at 12:44 AM

    That is an excellent gondola photo! Any pics of Holly's glass?

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  4. SeepyDecember 16, 2024 at 9:36 PM

    I hope you had a tour of the doge's palace too.

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  5. She who doesn't communicateDecember 19, 2024 at 8:39 PM

    Everything sounds fabulous and Holly looks gorgeous in that pic - and impressive that you got a Beagle Boy to be your gondolier!!!

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