The merchant (banker!) of Venice

[fabiostar]

iv been there 5 years outa the last 6. best thing is get a coffee and sit down and people watch.

Why would they do that? Is it that unusual in those parts to see someone drinking coffee?
Can you not shoo them away? Have they nothing better to do?

lol you can sit for hours and not see a single person dressed in track suit bottoms or PJs with there fat butt hanging out going to the shops lol

[macdee]

Thanks to both of our Irish travel correspondents, with special acknowledgement to Macdee, feck orf ya cheeky wee fecker!
Enjoy your trip Watty

still the king of Come backs

[Kev L]

Beautiful day today, shirt sleeve order!!




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[AMCQ46]

you can almost smell it

looks great, have fun and dont bankrupt yourself getting coffee

[Pete.L]

OMG
That's awful. All those poor people flooded. You didn't have to go that far afield to see that sort of devastation, you could have just as easily popped down to Somerset last summer

[Kev L]

Prefer la dolce vita to "awright boy, ave a cider n a pasty" !

They seem very happy to have all the roads flooded over here and cope very well, however the bars and restaurants seem to be collecting for the reconstruction of them, at least that would explain the prices!
Very nice though.

The Italians also seem to have more than their fare share of pissed towers. Every one of them looks like it may drop at any moment.

[Pete.L]

It all still looks pretty impressive from the piccies Kev.
Speaking about on the pi$$. Isn't it time for a peroni or two over there now

[lumpyv]

iv been there 5 years outa the last 6. best thing is get a coffee and sit down and people watch.

Why would they do that? Is it that unusual in those parts to see someone drinking coffee?
Can you not shoo them away? Have they nothing better to do?

lol you can sit for hours and not see a single person dressed in track suit bottoms or PJs with there fat butt hanging out going to the shops lol

come to Ipswich if you want that sort of thing. (lard arsed tracksuit wearers)

somebody told me they payed 20 quid for 2 x icecreams in venice once

[lloydie]

Have a great time Kevin [THUMBS UP SIGN]

[sirch345]

Great to see the photo's Kev

Chris.

[Kev L]

To be honest the cost are exaggerated, if you are sensible it's not that expensive. Two courses with bottle of wine and water is about €70-100, ice creams are €3-5, coffee & cake €12 for two of us.
Go to Harry's bar and the prices are dramatically more expensive. There are a number of other trendy places where the prices are high, but being older than an old thing trendy ain't important.
Brilliant place to visit.

[macdee]

good to hear you're enjoying yourself Kevin

[KermitLeFrog]

Love Venice. Last time I was there stayed in someone's holiday apartment on Guidecca and went to the Cipriani a couple of times. Sod the expense, well worth it.