{"id":2009,"date":"2013-10-12T03:27:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T17:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.lewisdrafting.com.au\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2013-10-12T03:27:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T17:27:40","slug":"venice-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/?p=2009","title":{"rendered":"Venice, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

We visited the incredible place\u00a0of Venice, once again together. We were here about 20 years ago, for our first holiday away together. It was romantic then, and is still as romantic now.<\/p>\n

Venice is a\u00a0city in north-eastern Italy,\u00a0sited on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges It is located in the marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline, between the mouths of the\u00a0Po and the Piave Rivers. Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. The city, in its entirety, is listed as a World Heritage Site, along with its lagoon. A must see on everyone’s “bucket list”.<\/p>\n

It was here in Venice, on our first visit, that Mal\u00a0met my Mum and Dad for the first time nearly 20 years ago.\u00a0With its narrow lanes, continual bars, restaurants, no cars, interesting shops (I could fill 10 suitcases….I wish ) it is a place to be seen to be believed !<\/p>\n

We rented an apartment for a week around the corner from San Marco Piazza with the intent of cooking a few of our own meals…no such thing, the restaurants were too inviting. We also enjoyed a day out visiting the famous Murano Island and it’s glassblowers. That proved a bit costly !!!! All in all, we have absolutely loved Venice , and fallen in love with its beauty again.<\/p>\n

\"Bridge<\/a>
Bridge of Sighs Venice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"We<\/a>
We love the colours of Venice, even though often the first impression is quite dull due to the dampness everywhere<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Stunning...<\/a>
Stunning… love the gondoliers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Grand<\/a>
Grand Canal Venice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A proud gondolier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sorry,<\/a>
Sorry, but this photo is a bit blurry, but I was standing on moving water….. loved this “nonni” (grandmother in Italian), watching the world go by on the grand canal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Carnival of Venice (Italian: Carnevale di Venezia) is an annual festival, held in Venice, It would be great to see.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"One<\/a>
One of the many dark alleys all sitting on water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"This<\/a>
This is typical of many of the bars in Italy, and usually made up our second meal of the day. Here we ordered a “Hot White Chocolate” and an “Aperole; Spritz” and this is what arrived…. so generous<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Rialto<\/a>
Rialto Bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We visited the incredible place\u00a0of Venice, once again together. We were here about 20 years ago, for our first holiday away together. It was romantic then, and is still as romantic now. Venice is a\u00a0city in north-eastern Italy,\u00a0sited on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges It is located … Continue reading Venice, Italy<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-italy-france-2013"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2023,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009\/revisions\/2023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.ripple.farm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}