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Venetians (robbing us) Blind
Back from Venice now, with a much heavier belly and much lighter wallet. Now that I’ve had a few days to successfully retrospectively distort the trip, can say that a lovely time was had by all. Venice is truly a unique and beguiling place. There’s no question about it.
However, the cost of doing anything there other than walking or breathing, really does apply the brakes to a totally relaxed and fun experience. Where else in the world can you expect to pay 1 ½ euros to take a leak, or 10 euros for a tiny bowl of pasta? There’s no way of avoiding the tourist traps – unless you fancy eating your meals in ‘nearby’ Milan of Bologna.
‘Carnivale’ was in full swing while we where there. Some amazing costumes were seen, and thousands of people walking around the narrow and winding streets wearing masks was a sight to behold.
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Sculpting in HTML
I’ve wanted a little corner of the web to call my own for quite some time now, and having the idea of the ‘Continental Cycle Climb Challenge’ was the perfect opportunity to learn some new skills, and build my own site.
Little did I realise that I would spend 6 weeks of near madness, trying to get a website up and running that didn’t have as many broken links as a bracelet from Argos.
I’ve learned quite a lot along the way, and for the most part have enjoyed learning something new, and look forward to finding out quicker and easier solutions in the future.
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Come together… as one
The site’s almost fully functional now, after much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Who said teaching yourself HTML, CSS and some very basic PHP in 4 weeks from the internet was easy??
Very soon, I’ll start on the less mentally taxing prep work of getting the bike and legs ready for the trip to Spain next month.
We’re heading off to Venice for a belated honeymoon (which less romantically, also happens to be a study-trip for Caroline’s course!).
So, it’ll be a few pleasant days stuffing my face with pasta and gelato, before returning to the UK and getting into some serious training.