Galley Head, Ireland
Funivie Monte Bianco, Italy
As we left Courmayeur headed to Chamonix, our hosts had a surprise for us. They were going to take us over the Alps in a cable car, the
Funivie Monte Bianco.
Unfortunately bad weather had it shut down. I'll have to go back for that.
Their web site is
here.
Labels: Italy
Courmayeur, Italy
I remember
Courmayeur as a sleepy little town just before we got to the Mont Blanc Tunnel. We stopped there for lunch on our way from Milan to Chamonix. We got there around 1:00PM and I was surprised as all the restaurants were closed for the afternoon.
My father bought a case of wine there (against the advice of our French host) and it was awful.
Their web site is
here and the wikipedia article is
here.
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Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy
Piazza San Marco is the quintessential spot in Venice. Our water taxi dropped us
nearby and our
hotel was a couple of canals away. Honestly, nothing is very far away in Venice.
Reminiscent of
Place du tertre in Paris, there are sidewalk restaurants all along the sides. There are nondescript openings on the north side that open into tiny sidewalks that take you deep into the maze of Venice. On the southeast is the
Campanile di San Marco. To the east is
St. Mark's Basilica and
Doge's Palace.
Then there are the
pigeons!
Labels: Islands, Italy, Venice
Moonrise, Gloucester, MA
From the
Bass Rocks Ocean Inn, the moonrise was spectacular. I walked across the street to the breakers and set my camera on a hand tripod.
Labels: Cape Ann, Islands
Bass Rocks Ocean Inn, Gloucester, MA
While on Cape Ann, we stayed at the
Bass Rocks Ocean Inn. It is just across a 2 lane road from the ocean. Beautiful view! We requested a first floor room that wasn't supposed to have as nice a view but our view was pretty good!
The advantage to us of the first floor was that we could walk out onto the yard and right across to the ocean.
All rooms had 2 chairs and a table outside and we spent most of the long weekend outside reading John Grisham books and sipping wine.
The Bass Rocks Ocean Inn faces east so the sun set behind us but the moonrise was awesome.
Their web site is
here.
Labels: Cape Ann, Islands
Be sure and click the map links even if the little screen captures aren't very good. The mapping services are updating their maps all the time.
These are Google Maps or Windows Live Local images of where I've traveled. I created this blog after I gave
up trying to get these added to googlesightseeing.com.