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Venice and veronaLocation: Italy
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Arrived in Venice and were amazed it could live up to one thousand years of hype.
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Was great to catch up with Mum and Dad. We promised we wouldn't exploit their image on the net...
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Excitement wore off when we walked for an hour in the wrong direction to find our hotel...
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San Marco Piazza with the Basillica in the background. So many people, so many pigeons.
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Ah the grace of a pigeon in full flight. Spot the Aussies.
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We were very kindly shouted a gondola ride down beautiful canals, a perfect way to see Venice.
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Our gondola man...
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The Grand Canal. Sorry, we've got nothing really funny to say here. We're disappointed too.
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More of San Marco Piazza.
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Two hours west we spent a couple of days in Verona. Much quieter and just lovely.
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The main square where we joined the "fare la passegiatta". Which basically means walking four abreast slowly and talking at a million miles an hour. New York this ain't.
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Verona's Roman Arena. Unfortunately no opera (Remove Un from this sentence if your name is Brendan).