The concierge has informed me that he will only speak Italian to me for the rest of the week. His English is better than my Italian but when I said a couple of words he said, in Italian "You know the language." Hello, that is a huge overstatement. ha.
It took forever to get here. L.A. to Zurich...I spent 11 hours sitting next to a man who snored loudly and was all up in my space. I know the seats in Coach are small but come on! Boundaries. I do like Swiss Air, I have never flown them before. The airport is so much easier to navigate than Charles De Gaulle and esp. freaking Heathrow. Then we took a little plane from Zurich to Venice only 45 minutes. Instead of paying 100 Euros for a water taxi (I will take one the way back) I took the ferry which was only 12 euros but hour ride.
When I walked into Saint Marks Square I just had to stand there for a minute, despite the freezing weather (to me). The long ass trip was worth it for that view alone.
My hotel is on a quiet side canal but close to everything. It's more of an apartment. I looooove it. If I could find a place like this in Rome I would be very happy.
Now I have to unpack. I was going to get something to eat but it's too late and I'm wiped out.
There is some prison show on RAI with a lot of yelling.
Monday, November 19, 2007
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15 comments:
Can't wait to read about this Venice visit, I hope you enjoy everything!
benvenuto a Italia! Have a wonderful time
I hope you can post pictures from over there!
oooo I am so jealous! Venice is my favorite city. I can't wait to hear and see more. ahhh Venice...
Ohhh--have such a wonderful time!
You know, Venice is the one place I've been to that I didn't take many pictures. It was honestly so beautiful and amazing, I didn't even think about it :)
How exciting! I can't wait to read about your experiences there. Hmmm, do you have a flickr account or something? ;)
jess - Thanks...did you go to Venice when you went to Italy?
chris & erin- grazie mille.
gibber - Curious to see what type of photos I will get. It's going to be cloudy for the next two days and then rain for the rest of the week.
texas espresso - This is my first time here. Can't wait for the sun to rise.
dmarie - thank you.
rose - I do have a flickr account, you can access it via my blog. I am so behind. I haven't upload photos in a while.
Welcome! I love the Zurich airport. I've flown through there several times. And this summer I lost my 'carta di soggiorno' there on my way to the U.S. and they actually found it and had it waiting for me at Lost & Found upon my return. They were quick, efficient and friendly! Not sure what would have happened had I lost the carta in an Italian airport...Enjoy your trip. I hear warmer weather may be on the way.
Oh wow, have a wonderful time. I am so happy for you to be somewhere your heart is so connected to. Enjoy and eat lots of good food.
ope you have a great trip. Are you planning on spending you whole time in Venice then or are going to travel around?
How fun! I hope you continue to post while you're out there. Have a great time!
michellanea - Thanks for that weather tip. Ha, I am such a wimp now. I am going to try and connect thur Zurich for now on. I can't believe they found your "carta" and held on to it. Wow.
Liz - grazie. I think I ate too much today.
j. doe - I will be mostly in Venice but will be taking a trip to Burano and to Milan later in the week.
rose in cali - Thanks. I will be posting in a few minutes.
Woohoo! You're here! You're here!!!!!!
And I *know* you're impressing more than the concierge with your Italian. Brava :)
Oh, enjoy, enjoy!
sognatrice - grazie!
jen - thanks, I am going to try. heh.
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