Adventures in Italy

 

In November 1995, David visited the Milan (Milano) and Rome (Roma) areas in Italy on a business trip. In February 1996, he returned to the Milan area for a second business trip. Anne came along and explored the Arona area while David was at the work. After the work was complete, we visited Florence (Firenze), Grosseto, Siena and Venice (Venezia). As one might notice from the pictures below, while we enjoyed all of Italy, we truely fell in love with Venice.

Traffic on the Grand Canal in Venice

Looking from the Doge's Palace across Piazzetta dei Leoncini in Venice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our daily alarm clock in Venice - a Vaporetto (upper right) passing by, as gondolas taxi people about on the Grand Canal outside our hotel room window

 

Swans on Lago (Lake) Maggiore at Arona

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking through the mist at the Duomo (Cathederal) in Siena

 

On the Arno River in Florence (Firenze), with the Ponte Vecchio bridge in the background

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking across the harbor in Venice towards Basilica Santa Maria Della Salute

 

Carnival masks in Venice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David, in out of the cold, enjoying a lunch in Venice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anne enjoying the train ride from Grossetto to Siena

 

 

 

 

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