Tag: UNESCO world heritage

  • Grand Canal, Venice, part 2

    Grand Canal, Venice, part 2

    This is part 2 of 5 of the Grand Canal series where we share photos taken on our vaporetto rides on the canal. For Part 1, click here. Music … One end of the canal starts near Piazza San Marco and the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute (one with the domes, see photo below). The photo…

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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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  • Jungfraujoch – the Top of Europe

    Jungfraujoch – the Top of Europe

    This is Jungfrau Circuit #3 – our train journey to the Top of Europe. See part 1 and part 2, here and here. Our train continued to climb slowly upwards at an angle that was alarming although it was not physically uncomfortable. Our ears felt differently however given the rapid gain in altitude. After Eigerwand, the…

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  • Pico de Arieiro, Madeira

    One day before A and F’s wedding and after most of the guests had arrived from mainland Europe the night before, A’s parents arranged a day trip for all the guests to see the island. A tour bus came by the hotel in Funchal, the main port and city, to pick up all the visiting wedding…

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