Sunday, October 12, 2008

Venice, Italy

The average temperature for Venice in October is 64 degrees Fahrenhiet. There is high humidity with thunderstorms, rain showers, and flooding. Venice is in northern Italy. the population is 271,251 people.
Venice is built on an archipelago. It is built on a system of canals and waterways. You have to get around on gondalas.
There are lots of museums in Venice. They have a republic government and use the euro for their currency. The mein language they speak is Italain. The time difference is if it were 10:00 P.M. in Indianapolis, Indiana on Sunday, it would be 4:00 A.M. on Monday in Venice.
Venice has an extremly high literacy rate of 99%.
While in Venice, Britt will be staying at the Stlye Hotel. The cost is $60.93 per night. She will stay here the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd.
Also while in Venice, Britt will go island hopping. She will spend one day devoted entirely to the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello. Murano is the centre of Venice's highly skilled glass manufacturing industry and Burano is famous for its lace. Burano also happens to be a pretty fishing village, its streets and canals lined with bright, pastel-coloured houses. Give yourself time to wander into the quietest corners and shady parks. Walk over the wooden bridge to neighbouring Mazzorbo, a larger island with little more than a few houses, a couple of trattorie and open green space. Delightful Torcello, with its overgrown main square and sparse, scruffy-looking buildings and monuments, once rivalled Venice. Now it's home to fewer than 80 people.
On another day she will attend a feista named Festa della Madonna della Salute. It is a procession - over a pontoon bridge - to the Chiesa di Santa Maria della Salute in Venice gives thanks for the city's deliverance from plague in 1630.
On another day she will be shopping. She will go to Antichità Claudia Zaggia. Nadia Viani runs this little Aladdin's Cave of, well, just about anything. Depending on the day, you might discover an Art Nouveau necklace, preloved pearls, old glassware, or rosy-faced ceramic dolls from another era.
She will also go to Attombri. For centuries, the long gallery running along the Palazzo dei Dieci Savi in Rialto glistened with the wares of the oresi (goldsmiths). Nowadays, about half a dozen gold and jewelery shops eke out a living here. Attombri is the exception. The inventive Byzantine-style jewellery constitutes a captivating and original collection, and not just in gold.
The last place she will go is Bambolandia. It is a wonderful world of old-fashioned toys and handmade dolls of all descriptions. If you can't convince the kids of the merits of these items over PlayStations, perhaps you'll be captivated yourself and pick something up as decorative nostalgia.
On the 23rd Britt will catch a flight to Miami, Florida. This costs $1217 and is a 15 hour 55 minute flight. From there she will leave Miami on a flight to Havana, Cuba. This is also on the 23rd, and costs $624. It is a 6 hour 39 minute flight with one stop in between.

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