Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Delta Airlines, Italy, Nieuw Amsterdam on Jul 14th, 2010
We’re currently at the Venice Marco Polo airport, awaiting our outbound flight to Tampa. We should be boarding in about 60 minutes. Disembarkation was very smooth this morning. We took a taxi to the airport, which was both cheap (45 euro vs. HAL’s $79 per person charge) and easy (we went from our cabin on [...]
Posted in Italy, Nieuw Amsterdam on Jul 13th, 2010
We arrived back in Venice tonight. It’s a very warm and humid evening (getting us ready for home). As we’d been in Venice already and had to pack (etc.), I couldn’t have imagined venturing out into the sweltering, sticky heat.
I plan to write my cruise review on the plane tomorrow and also organize most [...]
Posted in Italy, Nieuw Amsterdam, Slovenia, Taxi on Jul 13th, 2010
This morning we awoke by 5:30 with a plan to “touch base” in Slovenia by taking a taxi to and from the small town of Sezana. Clearly, in doing so, we won’t be doing Slovenia justice. But, at the same time, this wasn’t our original plan, and I fully expect we will return. At present, [...]
Posted in Italy, Nieuw Amsterdam on Jul 7th, 2010
So, I’m having trouble blogging on the ship (specifically, WiFi connectivity problems). I hope to correct it in the morning. If not, I’ll be posting entries from my iPhone only, which is suboptimal at best.
Anyway, today we visited the Guggenheim in Venice (very enjoyable), made our way to the new ship (which is both [...]
Posted in Italy on Jul 6th, 2010
We ended up switching hotel rooms last night. Our original room, while cozy and charming, was also rather hot/humid. After realizing it was hotter inside than outside (as well as knowing from prior experience that open windows are NOT a viable option in Venice), I called the front desk.
After getting maintenance involved, we learned [...]