My Travels.
Vaporettos - Venice’s Water Bus
// May 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // Europe, Hate'm, Italy, Venice
Without a doubt one of the biggest rip offs in Venice, Italy - their “Vaporettos” ie PUBLIC waterbus service. Talk about gouging the tourists. ONE TRIP - regardless of length, it can be 1 stop or 10 stops, is 6.5 Euros (approximately $8.5 - 9 US). When compared to, oh, the 20 minute bus trip […]
Amadeus Hotel, Venice, Italy
// May 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // Europe, Italy, Love'm, Venice
After my recent trip to Venice I’m trying to figure out why all the guidebooks lead everyone to believe the area by the (SMN) train station is dangerous and a dump with seedy hotels… It’s not. In fact the Amadeus Hotel is a wonderful 4 star hotel less than a 5 minute walk from the […]
Continental Airlines - DUB to EWR
// May 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // Love'm
I try NOT to fly coach trans-ocean, but I was travelling with a friend and had to, so we looked for the best deal on the shortest flight. Dublin to Newark is a very tolerable (approximately) 7 1/2 hrs - and the service, entertainment, and the seating on our 757 was actually… nice?! Not a […]
Wotif
// May 16th, 2009 // No Comments » // Love'm
“Wotif Mate?” say it with an Aussie accent and you’ll get the name…Â (If you need me to translate it in to American, that’s “What if?”) One of my favorite discount hotel sites, originally just for Australian and New Zealand they’re now worldwide and part of the AsiaWebDirect.com group (one of my favorite sites for […]
Photos
// May 10th, 2008 // Comments Off // Photos & Videos
Photo Galleries from my travels. Always being added to and updated!
