Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

By Wednesday morning, the snow from Monday night had all melted away. It was all over the news that there would be "extreme snow conditions" overnight on Wednesday night/Thursday morning. We awoke on Thursday expecting everything to be covered in white. But no. Not even a smattering of white stuff. Apparently it had been 1 degree too warm for snow. *grrr*

But then, just when we had just about lost hope for more snow, it started falling again last night. And it's still snowing now... hooray!

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Just thought I would drop a blog and tell everybody out there that it is snowing in London. Its been a disappointing winter up until now, but the sheer enjoyment of walking around in the twilight whilst being peppered by large flakes of snow, more than makes up for it. Last night (Monday) it left a nice covering over the ground. It actually makes you feel like you're in Europe for a change :p

Venice, Italy

In the immortal words of the great Indiana Jones - 'Ahhh Venice'. And what a lovely place it is. Although on a hot day I think you would be forgiven for thinking that they had just forgot to cover the sewers. But that is fleeting and you are soon lost (both figuratively and literally) in the maze of cobblestone streets, piazzas, bridges and canals. We were lucky enough to be visting during Carnivale where everybody likes to get around in some elaborate masks and costumes to celebrate.

Alas Tammie and I did not find the time to partake in a gondola ride - so we will definitely have to go back at least once more :)

This is definitely a place where you can get lost even if you DO have a map. There are just so many tiny alleyways that I guess they just can't cram them all onto a single map. Not that it was a problem to get lost, because we always ended up finding a familiar sign or place. Mind you, some of the signs are a bit misleading because they take you all around the island and back, just to get to somewhere that is probably only a few blocks away... kind of like signs in department stores that take you through all the merchandise when all you want to do is find the lifts or stairs.

But anyway, what else? On Sunday we took a "bus" out to the nearby island of Murano, which is famous for its glass-making. And as we found out soon enough, when they say "bus", they mean "boat". Go figure?! Jody, Phoebe, and I managed to kill a few hours wandering in and out of all the glass shops. Once again we had to restrain ourselves from shopping up a storm, because there's only so much stuff we can take back to Oz with us eventually...

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