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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Venice

Yesterday was our first full day in Venice. We settled into our apartment and then bought an iMob card which is basically a transit card for the boat. The trip down the Grand Canal was wonderful.

Chicken Geoge (right) came on the trip with us and met a girlfriend! Love on the Grand Canal.

My friends sitting in the Campo Santa Marhgerita drinking cappuccino.

I will just post some photos here!

Santa Marhgerita.

The new bridge over the Grand Canal. Does not fit in with the old style bridges of Venice. It is glass.

At San Marco Square with a big cruise boat coming in.

Sharyln looking at the beautiful jewelry!

Pistachio cookies.

Window displays!

All things are recycled out of Venice. This is the garbage boat in the canal that picks it up. It is all hand-carted to the boats.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Getting ready for trip to Venice Italy

Come along to Venice, Italy with me! You can watch this blog for photos from my trip to Venice, Murano, and Burano, starting Monday October 11, 2010. Sharlyn Premuda will be traveling with me along with another friend. We will be visiting bead shops, glassmakers, mask shops, the Orsoni smalti/mosaic factory and anything we find interesting. We will probably go to some museums and churches as well.

I will try to place a link on my Facebook page or you can bookmark this site. Since I am traveling with my iPad I am hopefull my blog posting and photo sharing will all work out!

We arrive in Venice Monday morning and will go to our apartment near Santa Margherita campo and then the exploration begins!

Following are some photos of my packing process - I am packing my carry on backpack and suitcase and have laid everything out on the spare room bed for possible inclusion in my suitcase. As you can see, George is overseeing the process!

Of course, not all the stuff on the bed made it into the bag otherwise I would not be able to roll it along in Venice. In Venice there are no cars, you either walk or take the vaporetto (water bus). Even taking the vaporetto you probably have a walk over bridges to your residence.

And the following couple of photos show what I will see when I get to Venice. These photos are from my last trip there two years ago. The first one is the Grand Canal with the second a shot of those picturesque gondolas!

Caio for now! Hopefully my posting works with my iPad.

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Passages

Why am I having such a hard time with the recent passing of our beloved 12 year old dog? I haven't cried so much in a long time.

Some people have suggested it is because you spend so much time with your pet. Whatever... we miss her curled up at our feet, barking at the deer, greeting her friend Cleo the dog, looking for scraps of food, waiting patiently for coffee foam from our lattes, just following us around the house. I miss the smell of a Chessie; very distinct. I miss petting her and smothering her with kisses.

Kelly would even let her friend Cleo use her comfy bed when she came for a sleepover! Here she is even laying on the brick so her friend can have the bed. What a sweetheart.

She loved Beaver Island and often "helped" me sell beads. Here we are off to work. She was named for Kelly's Point on the island.

My wish is that there is a dog heaven and she is there with the many friends she made thru her life.

We love you and miss you so much Kelly.

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Friday, September 10, 2010