by Jillian Coleman Wheeler | Sep 29, 2021 | Italy
At Torino, we walked out of the Italian train station across a square to the Swiss railway. There we boarded the Bernina Express, described as the most spectacular way to cross the Alps. The panoramic cars travel slowly on an electric, rather than a rack railway. From...
by Jillian Coleman Wheeler | Sep 28, 2021 | Italy
We left Venice at dawn, headed for Milano, Torino, and points beyond. On the way, we rode alongside Lake Como, the third largest lake in Italy, nestled up against the Swiss Alps. It’s popular with celebrities. George and Amal Clooney spend their summers here. Arrival...
by Jillian Coleman Wheeler | Sep 27, 2021 | Italy
We took the vaporetto over to the island of Lido, because there’s a beach! Lido is a 7-miles long barrier island that protects Venice. Beaches extend down the eastern side of the island. There are cars on Lido, but also city buses. The vaporetto landing. We have...
by Jillian Coleman Wheeler | Sep 27, 2021 | Italy
More exploration in beautiful Venice. On the Ponte degli Scalzi Bridge that connects the Sestieri (or district) of Cannaregio with Santa Croce. The distinctive green dome of the Church of San Simeon Piccolo is in the background (right by our hotel) Next to the train...
by Jillian Coleman Wheeler | Sep 26, 2021 | Italy
All my life I’ve dreamed of Venice. It exceeded my imagination. In recent years friends who’ve been have cautioned me it’s been degraded by too many tourists and cruise ships, but we found it nearly perfect. The streets and the water were clean, and it smelled like a...
by Jillian Coleman Wheeler | Sep 26, 2021 | Italy
Venice is everything I dreamed it would be, but ironically, it was the site of the low point of our grand adventure, set in a hospital emergency room… Every few years I get bronchitis, the legacy of pneumonia I had when I was 29. When I do, I have to act quickly to...
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