{"id":191,"date":"2013-07-08T07:05:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T07:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2013-07-08T08:09:48","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T08:09:48","slug":"ec-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/?p=191","title":{"rendered":"EC 37"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we moved on from Milan to Venice. As in the past we took the train however this time we were on a Rail Europe Train rather than a Trenitali, the Italian national train service. EC 37 originated in Geneva, worked its way thru Switzerland and northern Italy ending in Venice. A swift, smooth ride every announcement was made in four languages, Italian, German, French and English. What was interesting was how the name of each stop was pronounced slightly different in each language, sometimes matter of fact, sometimes with a little passion.<\/p>\n<p>We have now taken up residence in Venice at one of our favorite hotels in the world, <a title=\"Hotel Palazzo Stern\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palazzostern.it\/en\">Hotel Palazzo Stern<\/a> on the Grand Canal. Kim and I stayed here in 2008 and we managed to get the same room that has a porch overlooking the Grand Canal. We were here in October 2008 while the financial crisis was peaking. Those events seared the trip deep in our memories and we are experiencing major d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu feelings being back.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_197\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/G0140048.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-197\" alt=\"Milano Centrale\" src=\"http:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/G0140048-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/G0140048-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/G0140048-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/G0140048-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milano Centrale<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_198\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2189.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-198\" alt=\"Sydney ignoring the italian country side...\" src=\"http:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2189-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2189-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2189-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2189-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sydney ignoring the Italian country side&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_201\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/G0160070.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-201\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-201\" alt=\"The taxi ride in Venice.\" src=\"http:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/G0160070-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/G0160070-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/G0160070-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/G0160070-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The taxi ride in Venice.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_203\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A22511.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-203\" alt=\"Hotel Palazzo Stern\" src=\"http:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A22511-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A22511-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A22511-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A22511-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hotel Palazzo Stern<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_210\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2307.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-210\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-210\" alt=\"Sydney on the Accademia Bridge.\" src=\"http:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2307-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2307-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2307-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2307-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sydney on the Accademia Bridge.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_212\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2358.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-212\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-212\" alt=\"Kim &amp; Syd at the Bridge of Sighs\" src=\"http:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2358-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2358-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2358-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2358-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim &amp; Syd at the Bridge of Sighs<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_224\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2391.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-224\" alt=\"In Piazza San Marco\" src=\"http:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2391-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2391-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2391-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aa.tksair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/6N4A2391-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In Piazza San Marco<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we moved on from Milan to Venice. As in the past we took the train however this time we were on a Rail Europe Train rather than a Trenitali, the Italian national train service. 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