Comments on: Finding Venice: Part One http://www.travelswithtwo.com/2009/10/06/finding-venice-part-one/ The travel blog for couples - Written by Melanie Waldman Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:57:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wellbutrin-Withdrawa http://www.travelswithtwo.com/2009/10/06/finding-venice-part-one/#comment-77460 Wellbutrin-Withdrawa Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:31:46 +0000 http://www.travelswithtwo.com/?p=845#comment-77460 <a href="http://dunkeon553.webnode.com/" rel="nofollow">Wellbutrin Withdrawal</a> Wellbutrin Withdrawal

]]> By: Akila http://www.travelswithtwo.com/2009/10/06/finding-venice-part-one/#comment-3019 Akila Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:05:23 +0000 http://www.travelswithtwo.com/?p=845#comment-3019 I was hopelessly lost in Venice, too, because I am the sort of person that remembers directions using my own innate sense of direction plus maps. Patrick, on the other hand, gets around by relying on visual cues so he didn't have any problems in Venice. But, getting lost is all part of the adventure, right? I was hopelessly lost in Venice, too, because I am the sort of person that remembers directions using my own innate sense of direction plus maps. Patrick, on the other hand, gets around by relying on visual cues so he didn’t have any problems in Venice. But, getting lost is all part of the adventure, right?

]]> By: Finding Venice: Part Two : Travels With Two http://www.travelswithtwo.com/2009/10/06/finding-venice-part-one/#comment-3006 Finding Venice: Part Two : Travels With Two Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:30:33 +0000 http://www.travelswithtwo.com/?p=845#comment-3006 [...] Continued from Finding Venice: Part One [...] [...] Continued from Finding Venice: Part One [...]

]]> By: G F Mueden http://www.travelswithtwo.com/2009/10/06/finding-venice-part-one/#comment-3005 G F Mueden Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:34:25 +0000 http://www.travelswithtwo.com/?p=845#comment-3005 Lesson One: Your hotel should tell you how to find it using the vaporettos, not the expensive water taxis. Buy a map before you go so you can follow the directions. By now you know that you were not an a vaporetto, vaporettos are water busses and stick to a route. The Internet hotel lists have maps that show hotel locations. Venetian addresses often give a sestiere and a house number without giving the street name. That's enough for mail, but not for finding a hotel. Insist on getting the street name. Lesson Two: Buy a guide small enough to take with you (Michelin's green guide is my choice) and do your homework. On a dollar per hour cost of being getting there and being there, the cost in time and money for preparation is well worth it. Lesson Three: Please, not 'cobbled' street and alleys. Venice is paved almost exclusively with goosd sized heavy rectangular stones; they are not cobs, nor are the badly laid, but sometimes settle unevenly. Although they can be a bit bumpy, I don't find them a problem for rolling luggage. ===gm=== Lesson One: Your hotel should tell you how to find it using the vaporettos, not the expensive water taxis. Buy a map before you go so you can follow the directions. By now you know that you were not an a vaporetto, vaporettos are water busses and stick to a route. The Internet hotel lists have maps that show hotel locations. Venetian addresses often give a sestiere and a house number without giving the street name. That’s enough for mail, but not for finding a hotel. Insist on getting the street name.

Lesson Two: Buy a guide small enough to take with you (Michelin’s green guide is my choice) and do your homework. On a dollar per hour cost of being getting there and being there, the cost in time and money for preparation is well worth it.

Lesson Three: Please, not ‘cobbled’ street and alleys. Venice is paved almost exclusively with goosd sized heavy rectangular stones; they are not cobs, nor are the badly laid, but sometimes settle unevenly. Although they can be a bit bumpy, I don’t find them a problem for rolling luggage.

===gm===

]]> By: Melanie http://www.travelswithtwo.com/2009/10/06/finding-venice-part-one/#comment-3001 Melanie Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:39:21 +0000 http://www.travelswithtwo.com/?p=845#comment-3001 Oh, you're right!! My favorite part was the fact that, while still at the airport, we'd gotten a voucher for a boat ride...which, of course, we never connected with once we got on the wrong bus. When we finally DID find a boat, near the Venice train station, our elegant, mustachioed vaporetto driver was unable to honor said voucher...so we ended up having to pay an additional 40+ euros. Awesome. Nice that we managed to turn that day around, though, huh? :) Oh, you’re right!! My favorite part was the fact that, while still at the airport, we’d gotten a voucher for a boat ride…which, of course, we never connected with once we got on the wrong bus. When we finally DID find a boat, near the Venice train station, our elegant, mustachioed vaporetto driver was unable to honor said voucher…so we ended up having to pay an additional 40+ euros. Awesome.

Nice that we managed to turn that day around, though, huh? :)

]]> By: Adam http://www.travelswithtwo.com/2009/10/06/finding-venice-part-one/#comment-3000 Adam Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:30:03 +0000 http://www.travelswithtwo.com/?p=845#comment-3000 My love! You forget: our FIRST "Lost Episode" on this trip was taking the wrong bus from the airport, and enjoying the locals'-eye view of the surrounding countryside for a solid hour before finally being deposited dockside (at a dock which, if memory serves, wasn't very touristed either). I believe there were a few moments on that bus where I was convinced we'd be hauled off into the hinterlands and summarily dumped, luggage and all. THEN we got on the boat, and...please continue your story: My love! You forget: our FIRST “Lost Episode” on this trip was taking the wrong bus from the airport, and enjoying the locals’-eye view of the surrounding countryside for a solid hour before finally being deposited dockside (at a dock which, if memory serves, wasn’t very touristed either).

I believe there were a few moments on that bus where I was convinced we’d be hauled off into the hinterlands and summarily dumped, luggage and all.

THEN we got on the boat, and…please continue your story:

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