….having fun in Florence
It’s amazing what my husband will do for me just so I can get an odd ball picture. That’s love!
Thanks Cee for hosting Odd Ball Photo Challenge.
….having fun in Florence
It’s amazing what my husband will do for me just so I can get an odd ball picture. That’s love!
Thanks Cee for hosting Odd Ball Photo Challenge.
….the property at Casa Rosa in Assisi, Italy was covered in lavender and rosemary
….thanks to Becca Givens for hosting Sunday Trees
Lemon tree in Lorenzo il Magnifico’s courtyard, Florence, Italy.
….church doors in Italy were a photographer’s dream
Every large city in Italy seems to have a Duomo or cathedral. These two doors are from the Duomo in Florence.
Thursday Doors is hosted by Norm 2.0
…there are no cars in Venice
You can get to Venice by bus, train, boat and car but the only transportation in Venice proper is by water. So how can Venice have a traffic jam you ask? It’s all on the water, in the canals and around the perimeter of the island.
The photo of the gondolas is courtesy of my brother-in-law.
….what a perfect topic after you’ve been to Italy
This week’s topic for WPC is narrow.
…..hotel, Airbnb or VRBO?
Accommodations in Venice vary from luxury hotels to simple one bedroom Airbnbs.
For our first two days in Venice we opted to stay in a small hotel called Villa Rosa in the district of Cannaregio. It was close to the bus stop and train station and a little less busy than other parts of Venice. We had a small room with a double bed and a twin and a crib. For two nights we figured we could stand each other enough to all sleep in the same room. Admittedly the baby had a hard time adjusting to her new surroundings and ended up sleeping in the twin with her mother both nights.
To get to our room we had to climb up one flight of steps and then down another to get to the back of the hotel where our room was located. In the morning we had breakfast in the hotel where a continental breakfast was served every morning.
The roads (pathways) to and from our hotel were narrow but we never felt unsafe. Literally a few hundred metres from our hotel was the Airbnb that our other daughter and her wife were renting. It was a cute little place with one bedroom, a living room, kitchen and bathroom. Everything was very modern, clean and air conditioned.
My sister and her family were also in Venice at the same time. They arrived one day earlier and stayed on day longer. They rented a place through VRBO that was located within walking distance from us in the same district. It was very large, spacious and beautifully decorated with Indonesian and Asian artefacts. The downsize was that it on the sixth floor and the elevator was broken. Apart from that there were three bedrooms, two modern bathrooms a huge living room, a small walk out and a quirky little kitchen. The views looking over the rooftops of Venice were wonderful. On our first night there we all got together and enjoyed a great Italian meal prepared by my brother-in-law.
My only regret in Venice is that our stay of two days was too short. You need at least four days and if you are staying that long and enjoy cooking and shopping Airbnb or RVBO is the way to go.
Till next time, Ciao!
…..I’m discovering that rhododendrons come in numerous varieties
…..thanks to Jennifer Nicole Wells for this week’s theme Child
Travelling through Italy with our granddaughter was delightful. After Venice we took a train to Florence. Even at nine months she’s very inquisitive and it was fun watching her discover the world around her.
In our apartment in Florence she helped us unpack the groceries.