"The rule is that there are no rules." Aristotle Onassis Gondolas. If you have ever paddled a canoe or a kayak it quickly becomes very obvious that you have to paddle a couple of times on the left and then a couple of times on the right if you want to actually get somewhere. If you don't do this you'll just end up going in circles. Have you noticed that gondoliers don't row on both sides of their gondolas? They don't go in circles though? That's because one side of the gondol

Terroir “Wine is sunlight, held together by water.” Galileo Galilei Terroir - The French have a great word called "Terroir". Terroir can be very loosely translated as "a sense of place," The French believe that a wine is greatly affected by goût de terroirs or by the physical characteristics and environment where the grapes are grown, which is of course, true. They have taken this belief and developed it into an art. We recently returned from a trip to the Bordeaux region of

Camden Locks Leather Shop “A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.” John Steinbeck Camden Locks, London Leather Shop - On a trip to London, England we popped into a leather shop in Camden Locks area of London. Sue found this amazing leather backpack & while they were wrapping her purchase up for our trip the store owner

Venice Glass Shop “It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them.” They went out and happened to things." Leonardo da Vinci Venice Glass Shop Lesson - We have learned a great many things while traveling which is why we tell others that traveling is the best education the world has to offer. IF you are awake and paying attention that is. On one trip to Venice we visited the island of Murano which is where the