Aug 19

August 19 – Delightful Pleasant Heidelberg Germany

Heidelberg SchneeballenSlept in and it was fabulous. We even missed breakfast. We finally got our lazy butts out the door, had a quick lunch at next door restaurant and jumped on the bus into town square.
I immediately wished we had spent more time here and not elsewhere in less unsavory places.
Simply charming, historical, interesting, beautiful, friendly and enjoyable is Heidelberg.
The public transport is very easy to figure out and clearly marked. Plenty of eateries and stores to choose from, even a health food store. Ice-cream and gelato shops outnumber everything else. The churches even have signs to not bring ice-cream inside. Not sure why it is exceptionally popular here?

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Aug 18

August 18 – From Milan, Through The Swiss Alps, To Heidelberg Germany

switzerland landscapingI am fairly sure I was in sleep deprived hell last night. The AC kept cutting off every single hour, Han tried not to but he snored enough for three weeks and the guest next door paced back and forth on their heels very loudly. It was misery.
Got up today with maybe three hours of broken sleep. Twice in the night, I started playing Solitaire. I was bored out of my mind.

Aug 17

Flixbus: Reader Beware, Curse Words Enclosed

Flixbus miseryI thought our next stop was to be Zurich, Switzerland and high tail it out of Italy forever but I thought wrong.
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Enjoyed a good breakfast, grabbed a taxi to the bus station and then the following scenario began which I posted publicly on Facebook because people need to be made aware of this type of crap before booking.
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Aug 16

August 16 – Next Stopover, Milan

rialto bridge in venicePacked and not really ready to go, but time to go and leave Venice behind.
Travel Hint: If you are staying anywhere in the center of town, I suggest calling for a porter to retrieve your luggage and meet you at the people mover. Cost Euro 20.00, but saves your back and offers a relaxing way to depart the island. You don’t want to push or pull your luggage over all the bridges before reaching Piazzale Roma, the major gateway off.
We were a bit delayed by a protest group “protesting the war” and the porters waited for us. It was interesting to watch the protest and could not agree with their grieve more. They were followed up by approximately 30 police officers.

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Aug 15

August 15 – Too Short a Visit to Venice

water refillsToday we ate a simple breakfast at the hotel, but the coffee was outstanding.
I could not wait to get out to “feel and breath” Venice.
I think we reached our record high in photos for one day. It is just like you see in movies and TV shows. It was perfection to me. Now if something could be done about the over-abundance of tourists. In some areas, you simply could not walk and even then at a snails pace. I think a visit in April, March or May would be vastly better, even though weather may be less attractive, which in turn effects picture taking.
On a short stay Venice requires decisions on where to go. We didn’t make it to the Jewish Ghetto, as we stayed to do San Marco, The Rialto Bridge and a Gondola trip into Dorsoduro with a long circular walk back to Piazzale Roma.

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