Sixth day in Italy

The weather here, in Como, is great and the air feel very clean. Today we are heading to Lugano-Switzerland. Como and Lugano is only 30 km. apart. People there use Italian language as well. The view is awesome! I love Switzerland view, the lake the city and the cleaness of it. We walked around the market and shops area. Today is daddy birthday so we stopped by at Bally and bought him belt for the gift









After walk sound the downtown area, we are heading back to Italy and next station is Milano! After the bus dropped us of we took a taxi to Montenapoleon where all the high brand shops are located. After finished shopping, we walked to ....Doumo which is the only Ghotic style Duomo before turning into Galleria.


Galleria is a very nice shopping area which has still kept the beautiful old time architecture untill now. The shops there are trying to camofloug to match the style of plaza. The guide said that McDonald's on Galleria is probably the most beatiful branch in the world.






Near the center lied an important piece of this plaza. It is a spot where people believe if they make a wish there by one of your heal touching the spot on the ground while turning for 3 rrounds then your wish will come true. Of course I did make my wish there and let see if it comes true.



We decided to have birthday dinner at a high-end thai restaurant called Busarakum. It is a gorgious place and very well decorated. We left around 9pm after a buch of food and 2 bottles of Prosecco!

Fifth day in Italy - Venice & Como

The Brauer hotel was so nice and we all had a good sleep. We went down to the restaurant which is a patio on the sea. The weather was just right and the athmosphere can't be better. The buffet line was the best in this trip.


After a power breakfast, we started our day without dad because he was so tiring and needed a rest. So my mom, sister and I went to the palace and St. Macro church. The palace from the outside was so not interesting looking but once we walked inside we see it more interestng every steps.


Venizians' governer is called doge that got elected every 8 years. Venice was a welthy country because it was a port for tradings between east and west world. So the palace was very nicely decorated. There is a biggest room without any pillar in the wold and in that room located the biggest canvast in the world.







We walked to San Marco Doumo but the line to get in was quite long so we decided to only take a pictures from the outside.



Afterward we got to took a ride in Gondole for 35 minutes around the area. It was a very amazing experience! Very nice houses, palaces, hotels and restaurants along the way.









After the gondole ride, it was time to get moving. Our next station is Como. Ciao Vanizia!







We got to Como around 6 pm. Como is a small and quiet border town between Italy and Switzerland. After we got setteled we went out for dinner at the lake Como, the borderline of the 2 countries.

Fourth day in Italy - outlet and Venice

Today we started our day with breakfast at 7.40 am. The restaurant in the hotel was very nice. It's a balcony in the back of the hotel. The weather was awesome as well so our day started out very perfectly.



After breakfast, went to The Mall outlet which is located in a town call.... 45 minutes away from Florence. This outlet is high brand only outlet!!! Love it. The price is very affordable and the style is very nice. The stores are Fendi, Gucci, Pucci, Armani, Valentino, Balongciaga, Bodega, etc. After buying a nice pair of sunglasses and a bag from Gucci, it was time to say good buy to the mall! We will go visit you very soon my love : )

Next destination is Venice. We got there around 5 pm at the pier to take a boat to Baure hotel. It's 5 stars hotel, look and feel like it as well ; )





after drop of the luggage and satteled down we took a walk around the hotel. We stopped at the high brand shops around the hotel before heading to the San Macro plaza, where located the Doumo and Palace. It is a huge plaza next to the sea. Tomorrow we will take a look at the palace but to day was only the introduction.


We stopped at a restaurant called All' Angelo For a dinner. The dinner was quite delicious. I ordered scalloped veal, seabass for mom, gulash for dad and fried squid and scrampi for Tha and prosecco for every one. This us so relaxing. So far Venice is my favourite destination in Italy for me but let see when we get to Milano and Como.









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Third day in Italy

Today it was time to leave Rome to Florence. On the way, we stopped by at an outlet but nothing much to buy but the shoes there are all awesome. Unlucky me to have a broken back so I ended up without buying any single pairs of shoes. Hard to believe but it happened! Afterward we stopped by a restaurant along the way to grab easy bite to eat and then drove to Florence. Once we got to Florence, we have to go buy permit for the bus. Once it was done, we went to the top of the hill for a high angle of Florence. It is very pretty up there! There is David statue on top of it but it was an imitated one.








We got to the hotel around 6 pm. We stayed at Astronia hotel right at the center, about 5 minutes walk to Doumo st ..... Iy's the old 4 and a half star hotel but it is so old that we got bad feelings at first. The A/C we not working in the rooms so we had to the room a couple of times. The hotel reception changed both of our room to 2 storied type but somehow the AC unit in the room was not really working as well! Lucky us that we just gonna stay here only for a night. After we take care of the A/C situation it was already 6 pm. We started walking to Doumo Santa Maria del Flore and took a couple of pictures and follow with the Chinese restaurant for dinner.



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