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[Siddhartha]

Nice pic Marius.. Brings back pleasant memories of my visit to Burano!

// I hope you did not miss the glass factories / shops at Murano - famous for it's glassworks...

[cilu]

Well, in fact I missed the glass factories, because all of them close at 18:00 and I arrived there at 17:30. So I only had time to pay a visit to several class shops. However, such glass shops can also be found in Venice or Jesolo, so it wasn't something new. And BTW, the Murano glass works are pretty expensive (as one can see from the price tag from your picture).

[kirants]

nice one cilu and indeed a nice place !! I'm jealous of you now
BTW, did you get a chance to ride on one of those gondolas ? Is such a thing available for tourists ( you know with the gondolier breaking into a song and such ?? )

[Siddhartha]

Is such a thing available for tourists ( you know with the gondolier breaking into a song and such ?? )

You mean whether gondolas are available for the tourists? Oh, I think tourists are the ones that take a ride on them and not the locals, because these are so expensive!

As far as the gondolier breaking into a song goes - lol - well, I didn't hear any (and may be, it is better this way ) - but, if he can sing, he'd dent your pockets a lot more!

[kirants]

You mean whether gondolas are available for the tourists? Oh, I think tourists are the ones that take a ride on them and not the locals, because these are so expensive!

Interesting. I thought that was the locals' means of transport

As far as the gondolier breaking into a song goes - lol - well, I didn't hear any (and may be, it is better this way ) - but, if he can sing, he'd dent your pockets a lot more!

Hm.. in that case it must be a Las Vegas thingy

[Siddhartha]

Interesting. I thought that was the locals' means of transport

Most people (tourists and locals) use the water-buses - powered boats that are a bit faster, carry more people, and cheaper in comparison.

You can see one in the background here (behind the Gondola) -



(Oh, yes - they are ugly too... )

BTW, cheap is quite a relative word -- nothing in Venice is cheap.

[cilu]

As far as I remember, 1 hour trip with a gondola, is like 100 euro. A full day ticket on all public transportation (bus, boat, etc.) cost 19,80 euro. One trip ticket is something like 6 euro I think (might be wrong though).

Here is how gondolas look and how a public transportation boat looks.

[cilu]

Back with new pictures. This time from the bootcamp organized by Microsoft for MVPs and MSPs (Microsoft Student Partners).

Here is (from left to right), PadexArt, Ovidiucucu and me, standing in front of the hotel.


Bellow is a picture of me practicing with a bow.


And finally, we played some paintball. After winning two matches, my team lost the final.

[kirants]

nice pics, cilu. Looks like it was lot of fun !!

[Igor Vartanov]

Been visiting a greate place - Crimea (Ukraine), Nikitski Botanical Gardens.

[kirants]

nice pics , beautiful place Wish I could visit some day

[dglienna]

Been visiting a greate place - Crimea (Ukraine), Nikitski Botanical Gardens.

Two photos have a date stamp: 13/8/07

is that from next week?

[Igor Vartanov]

No, they're from last month. Poor man, you're stuck in early August.

[dglienna]

Oops. Sorry about that. I looked at that a few times, and my mind decided that it was wrong.

[ovidiucucu]

A quite recent one.
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