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11 Austria and Italy 2008 – August 25 – Venezia I

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Padova to Venezia Next day Monday, August 25 we rejected the option to remain here at Padova and keep riding to Venezia on train every day. We just drove remaining 30km to Venezia. Venezia is connected with mainland by a long plain bridge or connector. Several such connectors are going parallel to […]

03 Trip to Austria and Italy – August 15, 2008 – Wien

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Friday, August 15 – Wien Next day, on Friday, August 15, we woke up in a perfect spirit. We slept for the first time on a new European schedule. Breakfast is included, so we ate cheeses and ham and boiled eggs, lots of coffee and tea, and diluted orange juice. […]

02 August 14-15, 2010: Zurich

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Like everything else except eternity, this story has a beginning. On a hot summer morning on August 31, 2010 at 7:45 EST in a comfort of fresh air-conditioned air, I am beginning this story, this vacation journal that shows how far Europe and America have moved apart during last 200-300 […]

14 Trip to Austria and Italy – August 29 – Back to Boston

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Friday, August 29 – Wien Next day on Friday, August 29 we had only one item on our to-do list. We wanted to buy special local treat for our coworkers back in Boston. We easily accomplished this in a local supermarket for 2.89€ per one bag of Mozart Balls. […]

13 Trip to Austria and Italy – August 28 – Back to Wien

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Thursday, August 28 – Graz Next day on Thursday, August 28 we depart from Graz for Vienna around 10AM. Roads in Austria are toll free, but if you use highways, you have to purchase passenger-car vignette. We already had this sticker attached to the inside of the front windshield, because […]

12 Trip to Austria and Italy – August 26-27 – Venezia II

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Tuesday, August 26 – Venezia Next day Tuesday, August 26 we planned our day tour in opposite direction. From our hotel across the Ponte Scalzi towards universities, academies and through Ponte de l’Academia to see Piazza San Macro and see how far we can advance in a hot Italian August […]

Garmin Nuvi 750 – Unusual in Usual

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Device comes with US map preloaded. To start using it, no subscription is necessary, but you might want to keep buying map updates. Device starts telling you that you map is over a year old – it is time to buy an update. You can install free internal software updates […]