Chris and Sue’s Excellent(?) Adventures

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  • Grand Canal, Venice, part 1

    Grand Canal, Venice, part 1

    This is the first of a series of five posts about Venice’s canals. We came here to see La Biennale; there is another series of posts about the exhibition, to start on that series click here and here. Have some music to go with the post … Canal Grande or the Grand Canal is the

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  • Ending up at Bácaro Jazz in Venice

    Ending up at Bácaro Jazz in Venice

    This was our first day in Venice. Sis had a business trip in Europe so Sue and I(Chris) thought it would be great if we spend a few days in Venice together, taking in a bit of art at the Biennale.  The plan was to meet at the Milano Centrale train station and take the Frecciabianca express

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  • Piazza San Marco, Venezia

    Piazza San Marco, Venezia

    In October, we spent almost a week in Venice, primarily to attend the Biennale. We have not been to Venice since moving to the continent and the last time I(Chris) came to Venice was more than 20 years ago. We stayed on the island in the sestieri Canneregio (not far from the Ponti di Rialto). We explored

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  • Random photos #186 – 195

    These are the photos I (Chris) took and posted on Facebook. The series was started in March of 2013. There is no theme – just something random and visually interesting. We gave each a title and noted where it was taken (to the extent we could remember the city).   random photo #186 – high

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Jungfrau, a must-see in Switzerland

Art and Architecture on Naoshima 直島, Japan

Morocco Adventure: Sand, Sea and Souks

Venice, its canals and carriers

Notable Bookstores of the World – Series 1

Familiar food we (as travelers) ate while in Tokyo

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