MILAN in our Airbnb March 4th
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| me and Glen watching an Italian cooking show |
MILAN out and about March 5th
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| getting ready to ride the Metro to il Duomo di Milano |
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| I think we were pointing to where our Airbnb was on the Metro map |
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| il Duomo di Milano, la Chiesa di San Fedele |
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| a close up of some of the statues on the side of the cathedral |
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| me and Hannah at the Castello Sforzesco (Sforza Castle) |
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| Glen in the courtyard of the Castello Sforesco |
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| Hannah in front of the Castello Sforzesco |
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| just hanging around town |
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| Hannah and me in front of the Santa Maria del Carmine Church |
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| I ate pistachio gelato every chance I got |
**********VENICE on March 6th (one of my favorite places)**********
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMZTLqa_4fE (we were there in the off season, so there wasn't real congestion on the canals)
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| I'm pretty sure the green domed church is the San Simeone Piccolo |
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| in front of the Basilica di San Marco (dates back to the 11th century) |
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| Glen walking down a narrow street |
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| the green-domed church is the Chiesa di San Simeon Piccolo |
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| gondolas across from the church of San Giorgio Maggiore |
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| The statues of St. Mark's Winged Lion and St. Theodor (a saint of the Byzantine tradition, was the first patron saint of Venice) in St. Mark's square |
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| another view of the Basilica di San Marco (left) next to the Palazzo Ducale (Doge Palace on the right) |
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| the winged lion statue in St. Mark's square overlooking Venice |
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| on the "historic Rialto bridge" which crosses over the Grand Canal |
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| the bell tower (Campanileo) of St Mark's Basilica in Saint Mark's Square |
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| pizza for Glen (see the eggplant?) and Hannah and gnocchi for me |
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| someone stole their phones while they were taking selfies in St. Mark's square |
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| we got rained on a bit in the afternoon-the Santa Maria della Salute church in the background |
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| we went to this concert of Vivaldi's Four Seasons at the Scuola Grande di San Teodoro |
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| part of the ceiling in the concert room |
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| the musicians in period dress--they were extremely talented |
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| heading back to the bus at 10 pm |
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| night view of the canal |
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