Vincenza

We are in our hotel room in Vincenza, about an hour by train west of Venice. As we were getting ready to leave Venice, another rbig thunderstorm hit. We made in onto the vaporetto to head to the train station as the storm hit. We were glad to be in the train station and on the train. It was still raining when we got to Vincenza and is still raining now. We are watching Italian tv and brought back food from the deli for dinner. It is colder and looks to be rainy tomorrow as well.

Vincenza is famous because of the buildings here designed by Paladdio. If you want to know the style, look at the back of your nickel. Monticello was modelled after the Palladian style. Since we're going to hear about it on the elderhostel tour, we're skipping the touring on our own. We found a bookstore with some books in english so I'm goo for a couple of days. Vincenza seems upscale compared to some of the places we've been. Many bookstores and high end stores. There was a big protest here today. We just missed it, we're not sure what it was about. Our italian newspaper reading in the coffee shop seemed to indicate it was about rejecting a US military base. Tomorrow weZll try to find an internet café and post some photos. For now we are warm and comfy. We meet up with the elderhostel group tomorrow afternoon.

anne