Here is a link to a bike trip from northern Bolzano to Venice.
Great areas to see by bicycle
Here is a link to a bike trip from northern Bolzano to Venice.
Great areas to see by bicycle
I miss my trips to Italy and I miss Venice. We never had a bad moment Venice. 
Here is a 30 second video depicting some of our trips.

Venezia always beautiful.

Three years ago I had the idea of doing a blog about Italy travel. I already had a web site ( http://www.gregsitaly.com) but it did not allow me to narrate travels as easily as WordPress does. It allows posting from iPad, iPhone, and Mac with access to all my 20,000 photos of Italy. So thanks to all those who have stopped by and I hope to share some more thoughts and photos during these difficult time. This is not a commercial site, Lo faccio per condividere il mio amore per l’Italia, I do it to share my love of Italy.

View from Fondaco dei Tedeschi.
Free entrance to some of the best views of Venice. You can reserve a time slot online.
Visit their web site
https://www.dfs.com/en/venice/t-fondaco-rooftop-terrace

A bridge in Vicenza

From the Grand Canal, Norwegian may not return.
Being lost in Rome is a treat, not a problem. We dropped our rental car off in Venezia, how amazing it is to drive to the edge of this cluster of islands. After leaving the car inform of the Hertz office, we walked across the street and closed a bridge to Venezia. 
Next we walked to the Santa Lucia station to get our high speed train to Rome. Reserved seats and a great ride. 
Italo provides fast and nice transport, It was a pleasure to travel by train.

Beverage service was provided and restrooms were spotless.
After arriving at our Airbnb on Via Dei Cappellari i, we head one block to the Campo Dei Fiori. We chose this location as it was near our last Airbnb and enabled us to walk to most of the destinations in Rome we wanted to see.
Campo dei Fiori at night. The market is gone, now it is dinnertime and people watching. A full moon came to welcome us.

Quick walk to the Vatican
We were located so close to so many wonderful sights ant things to do.

The downtown market was filled with food and wines.




A Rome market.

This small Filetti di Baccala is a tiny space which specialized in Cod Filets which were delicous
One man runs the kitchen. Everything is prepared while you wait.
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Find at Largo dei Labari, near the church of Santa Barbara
Some more walking and another wedding. First of several we saw.


A walk across the tiber to a new area of Rome. Trastevere, another jewell. Trastevere translates to across the Tiber
An uncrowded street in Trastevere. Via del Moro.

This post will be continued.

Caico e Pepe, Osteria da Fortunata , Via Pelligrino

Venice is picture perfect. From laundry to the canals.

The Jewish Ghetto on a peaceful Sunday afternoon.
Tranquil on the canal.

The church of San Giorgio Maggiore. Located on the small island viewed from the across the canals. It has much to offer and is worth the vaporetto trip.

The campanile viewed from San Georgio Maggiore.

A large ship disrupts the canal and causes damage to the buildings. Several were in port on this day.

A watercolor rendition of the Ghetto.

The Rialto.
Venice can be expensive. The view from the Campanile is amazing. High up with no obstructions. But you have to pay 8 Euros. Yes that is not much for such a great view.
The Campanile of St. Marks Basilica, Venice

The Island fo San Giorgio Maggiore from the Campanile
But for free you can visit the Fondaco dei Tedeschi and take the lifts to the top of this amazing retail complex. The literal translation is the warehouse of the Germans. Goods came in from the Gand Canal and could be stored in the building. The entrance is free, and here is a link and you can reserve you time from the web site.DFS group has over 400 stores on 4 continents. .
https://www.dfs.com/en/venice/t-fondaco-rooftop-terrace
Below are some of the photos taken from the terrace.
Some photos have a watercolor filter.






VIEWS OF THE RETAIL AREA


