St. Dennis Adventures

  We arrived, seven thousand miles away from our home, in Buenos Aires. After breezing through customs, we were on our way.  The sunshine and mid-30 temperature descended upon us as we headed into the city to check into our hotel.  We headed to South America for the warm temperatures and the weather was terrific!       We stayed in Recoleta, which is one of the more exclusive neighbourhoods in the city. Centrally located near many of the  areas we wanted to visit, it allowed us to do all of our touring on foot.           One afternoon we walked to the botanical gardens. The English styled gardens were opened in the late 1800s, filled with a variety of different plants and home to many orphaned cats who are now taken care of by the gardeners. While taking breaks from touring around, we enjoyed finding a shady spot on one of the benches to soak in some of the elaborate sculptures and water fountains wh...

Venice … Gondolas and Murano Glass What a way to kick off our Italian vacation! We were visiting Italy with our friends over a couple of weeks in August. After landing in Rome, we headed north to Venice where we would enjoy all that the city has to offer. The weather was great for folks to enjoy a gondola ride along the canals. We didn’t take a gondola ride but they were out in full force for many other tourists to enjoy. The famous bridge, the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's name comes from the thought that prisoners would sigh at their final view of the city of Venice before being taken to their cells. We toured the dark, grim prison area. It’s quite a contradiction to the beautiful city that is so close and yet so far out of reach. Venice is known for it’s murano glass. We picked up a few pieces from shops that lined the streets along the Rialto bridge. The area was brimming with tourists as we were vi...