This is the entrance to the Grand Canal … and it’s pretty grand, all right. It narrows to perhaps a couple of hundred feet wide as it circles through the city, but plenty of room for two-way boat traffic. How badly do you want to ride in a gondola? That’s what these people are…
I had a terrible time finding the Hotel Flora here in Venice. I knew that was going to happen because the hotel provided a very explicit set of directions which contained the phrase, “You can’t miss it.” Trust me: Yes, you can. The…
Yesterday was the day I had set aside for seeing something of the area surrounding Siena. While touring around the Tuscan countryside, I mentioned to my guide how pleased I was with my first experience traveling by train in Italy. She said that Italians constantly gripe and complain about their rail service. “Trains often…
The Bernina Express takes you through some breath-taking scenery and all the while you can’t stop marveling at the engineering that went into the construction of this railway. Note, please, that I have not included a “scenic” photo, assuming that most of you are more interested in seeing just a bit of the amazing infrastructure….