Venice - Friday 22 April 2005

We flew from Tel Aviv to Zurich on Tuesday and traveled by train from Zurich to Venice Wednesday. The views of the snowy Alps, little villages and lakes and streams along the way were spectacular.

We had our first full day in Venice yesterday and it has been wonderful! The apartment where we are staying is small but very quaint and comfortable. It is an ancient building that overlooks a lovely, courtyard and we hear the chimes of the churches around us every hour. We bought three-day passes on the vaporetto (waterbus) and we plan to use it to explore the islands surrounding Venice. After it expires we plan to focus on the sites in Venice. Yesterday we took a boat to the island of Burano and it is a painter's paradise with each house painted a different bright color. Today we plan to explore the glass making island of Murano and the Lido of Venice (the barrier island on the sea side of the Venice Lagoon).

We are updating this at an Internet café and it is our first Internet visit since Israel. (There are too many things to see in the real world). We will probably update the blog about once a week.

- Ciao, Lance