The first half of the year is almost over. Normally at this time, we would have been to our first vacation destination already, as we normally go away twice every year. The string of commercial airliner mishaps since the start of 2009 had put a damper on our travel plans. As I have mentioned on [...] . . . → Read More: Flashback: Puerto Rico And Italy
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Venice, Italy… It does not matter how it’s captured. It’s still the fairy tale land as it was meant to be. In this 1,500 year old city, everyone is in awe at its magical beauty at every vantage point. This is the only place in the world where everyone traverse the city by foot and [...] . . . → Read More: Captured! I just had to go there, no matter what. It didn’t matter that I know my husband would be one “unhappy man” once more, as I wrote in an article on my other blog. I knew, we were not going back to Milan again in the near future. Via Montenapoleone is at the heart of [...] . . . → Read More: An Afternoon In Via Montenapoleone As my Frommer’s book indicated, the Vittorio Emanuele Galleria is the model from which American shopping malls emerged. It’s such a beauty, no wonder it took so long to complete. Construction of this mall started in 1865 and it was finally finished in 1877, which coincided with the death of its architect: Mengoni who plunged [...] . . . → Read More: The Vittorio Emanuele Galleria Milan was our last stop. I was very delighted to finally get on the train because this meant it was going to be the last time I’m going to unpack and pack. I didn’t know it would be tiring. Although, we have traveled even longer in the past, we never had to go to four [...] . . . → Read More: The Last Leg On our last night in Venice, while waiting for our group to finally head out to the first restaurant on our Venetian Food Tour, I attempted to capture the sunset, my first attempt actually. I have never taken a shot of any sunset in the past. What do you think? May not be as spectacular [...] . . . → Read More: Sunset In Venice It was such a good change seeing a modern art gallery in Venice. After visiting museums and cathedrals with the period pieces and marble clad structures, it was a welcome change for our eyes. We didn’t actually plan to go here, our feet took us here. One day, we were just walking around the maze [...] . . . → Read More: Contini Galleria D' Arte |
 
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