Wednesday 27 July 2011

Sunday 24 July 2011

A hard 'habit' to break!!!!

And we thought the mosquitoes were big back home!
Ready for a night on the town, Venezia style

with FEELINGS.... I couldn't resist!!!!

A quiet canal in Venice

"Okay...if I keep looking down, maybe no one will think I'm with this bunch of lunatics and I won't get stiffed with the bill." - Mark E
Are those the lips of a trumpet player or what?!? - Mark E

for those who left their pets behind........

The Venetian Watermelon Man...and Gloria. (It's a Herbie Hancock tune...) - Mark E
Magnificent Marco (how could he be anything but?) having fun with Fun-iculi in Venice. (I could be out of a job!!) - Mark E
Massimo doing a fine job of Washington Post in Venice. - Mark E
I'm sure Venice has a curfew. In Pennsylvania it's 19... - Mark E
Closing the restaurant in Venice. (Notice the guy mopping the floor in the background.) It closed at 21:30...really...no kidding...would I lie to you...? - Mark E
Judy and Doug psyching themselves up for that 2:00 am wake up call!! - Mark E
Relaxing in Venice. You can see the stress just melting away... - Mark E
Heavy metal in Venice - NHB style. - Mark E
"Ya Hugh, I agree. Mismatched socks are really sick." (For those of you out of touch with the teenage vernacular, "sick" is actually a good thing.) - Mark E
Happy campers waiting to check in to the Venice hotel...and waiting...and waiting... - Mark E
"I'm tellin' ya Gerry, we can do this! When no one's lookin', we dash down this alley here to the train station. We'll be on the Riviera before anyone notices." - Mark E

From the top Duomo in Florence

Brad doing his best Napolean impression (...even though we know Cathy really rules!) - Mark E
Joanne and Judy keeping cool in Ravenna. - Mark E
If anyone is missing a sock, Barb has it. - Mark E
Ruta and Tam set for a big day in Florence. Looks like Tam is eating healthy on the trip - glad someone is! - Mark E
Alan partaking of the most important meal of the day in Florence. - Mark E
Ted having a "light" breakfast before exploring Florence. - Mark E
Donna and Ken enjoying the view from "our" rooftop terrace overlooking the Duomo in Florence. - Mark E
Victor and Lucy heading out for an night in Florence...just as the rest of us are coming back! - Mark E
"So you know the guy waving the stick at the front of the band..."
"Ya, I just noticed him yesterday."
"What's he doing?"
- Mark E
Sharon showing off her sleak new Versace sunglasses just purchsed on the Ponte Vecchio. - Mark E
Creative signage in Florence. - Mark E
The girls testing their will-power in Assisi...guess who lost. Looks like Mike got stuck with the bill. - Mark E

Gotta love those italian markets!