Thursday, April 22, 2010
Drinking from the skull...
I bought this vodka in Toronto on the way home from visiting my family in Ohio. Figured Larry would love it.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Nightime walk
Larry and I took a walk at dusk around where we live. We'll surely miss these sights when we leave.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Spring Break in Italy - Day 8&9, Venice
Venice - This was Elle's stop of choice. She really wanted to visit Venice and so we did. It was an interesting city to see but the most expensive in Italy. It's also very crowded with tourists. I'm not sure that I'd go back again.
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St. Mark's Cathedral and views from the top of the tower.
The bottom floor of our hotel. In most buildings the first floor is not used due to flooding and humidity. We can in one night and there were no lights on... very creepy walking up the stairs in the dark.
Feeding the pigeons in St. Mark's Square - which is strictly forbidden, but we didn't know at the time.
Our gondola ride through the grand canal at night. They wanted 100 Euro but we talked them down to 60. Even at 60 it's crazy expensive.
Dani in the 2 year old sleeping position.
Dani and Elle bought carnival masks to remember Venice.
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St. Mark's Cathedral and views from the top of the tower.
The bottom floor of our hotel. In most buildings the first floor is not used due to flooding and humidity. We can in one night and there were no lights on... very creepy walking up the stairs in the dark.
Feeding the pigeons in St. Mark's Square - which is strictly forbidden, but we didn't know at the time.
Our gondola ride through the grand canal at night. They wanted 100 Euro but we talked them down to 60. Even at 60 it's crazy expensive.
Dani in the 2 year old sleeping position.
Dani and Elle bought carnival masks to remember Venice.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Spring Break in Italy - Day 6&7, Florence
Florence - The whole reason for the trip! We purchased tickets ahead of time online (which I highly recommend) for the Ufizzi gallery that houses the Birth of Venus. We went to Florence to see this painting since I did a version of my own. It was wondering to see the real thing along with several other works by Botticelli.
Our hotel was pretty cool. It was a bed and breakfast (as were most of the places that we stayed). We had 4 keys to get in. One for the giant door at the street, one for the gate inside the door, one for the door into the B&B and one for our room. The ceiling of our room was painted with a fresco. The ceilings were VERY high.
The Duomo. The girl lite candles.
The oldest bridge in Florence. It still has shops on it like the old bridges used to have.
David, but not the real one, this is a copy. We did get to see the real one in the Academia Gallery.
The girls posing as statues in a niche in the wall in our B&B.
Our hotel was pretty cool. It was a bed and breakfast (as were most of the places that we stayed). We had 4 keys to get in. One for the giant door at the street, one for the gate inside the door, one for the door into the B&B and one for our room. The ceiling of our room was painted with a fresco. The ceilings were VERY high.
The Duomo. The girl lite candles.
The oldest bridge in Florence. It still has shops on it like the old bridges used to have.
David, but not the real one, this is a copy. We did get to see the real one in the Academia Gallery.
The girls posing as statues in a niche in the wall in our B&B.
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