High Water at High Noon: Keep Your Balance Acqua Alta is Italian for "High Water", and when a big tide comes into Venice's lagoon, that's exactly what you get in Piazza San Marco and many pedestrian streets. Fortunately, it usually only happens from autumn to spring, and the city fathers set up a … [Read more...]
Venice: Live aboard a Gondola through the Hidden Canals
Hidden waterways, live music, gondola drag racing, Armani spotting and general mayhem http://www.youtube.com/v/a8IKxSUJars Escaping from the Grand Canal, the gondolas explore the hidden canals running through the back blocks of Venice, winding their way along the narrow waterways towards Piazza … [Read more...]
Venice: Live from Gondolas on the Grand Canal
Six gondolas, live musical accompaniment, and a lot of "Prosecco" - beware, tourists! http://www.youtube.com/v/i1OPu1qu-DE Six gondolas abreast down the Grand Canal? Tony and Helen Page brave a slightly out-of-control shared gondola cruise (maybe the prosecco had something to do with it) that … [Read more...]
Musée Grévin: waxworks that live!
Unusual Paris Museums and Galleries - Musée Grévin Before I visited the Musée Grévin in Paris, I was doubtful about enjoying a wax museum visit. But the Musée Grévin's 450 or so wax figures soon changed my misconception of wax museums being just rooms full of emotionless wax models of … [Read more...]
The Dolomites: Live from Rifugio Lagazuoi
At 2752m, the Dolomites look stunning from Rifugio Lagazuoi - especially with hot chocolate! http://www.youtube.com/v/ya5x2W6pjbc Tony and Helen Page take the cable car to Rifugio Lagazuoi, built in 1965 by mountain tour guide Ugo Pompanin (and still managed by his family). From its terrace at … [Read more...]
The Dolomites: Live from Cortina d’Ampezzo
Winter sports, Apres-ski, James Bond film set - but even in Summer Cortina is not to be missed http://www.youtube.com/v/igkFdAaacPY Cortina d'Ampezzo is the jewel of the Dolomites, the Italian mountain range that's just a few hours away from Venice. More famous as a winter ski resort and setting … [Read more...]
Florence: Live from Piazza Santa Croce
Galileo, Michelangelo and Machiavelli's tombs, Dante's statue and Gold and Leather Shops http://www.youtube.com/v/4htTbfOAnM0 Piazza Santa Croce in Florence has the largest Franciscan church in the world, the tombs of famous Italians from Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli to Rossini, Fermi … [Read more...]
Florence: Live from the Piazza della Signoria
The Palazzo Vecchio, the Uffizi, a David, the Rape of the Sabine Women and great coffee http://www.youtube.com/v/NOywQ6OXPYs The Piazza della Signoria is Florence's most famous square, with legendary sculptures in the open Loggia, the Uffizi Gallery on the corner, and Cosimo de'Medici looking a … [Read more...]
Burano: Live from the Island of Technicolor Houses & Lace
Burano's Brightly Coloured Houses are a Photographer's - and Dulux's - Dream http://www.youtube.com/v/qO7gqw-jnVU Burano's No.1 tourist attraction is the eye-dazzling, brightly coloured terraced houses lining its canals, but its mask and lace shops, not to mention its restaurants, also draw the … [Read more...]
Murano: Live from the Island of the Glass Makers
Murano Glass is world-famous, but does the island match up to the Chandeliers? http://www.youtube.com/v/KVcdE6EpOO0 Murano’s reputation as a centre for glassmaking dates from 1291, when the Venetian Doge, frightened that the foundries' fires would destroy the city’s largely wooden buildings, … [Read more...]
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