The Travels of Eric and Lorna

Before going into Lindau we drove up the mountain, during which time we went into Austria. I don't read German, so... You can see the island of Lindau in the upper left of this map. The ridge top we are on is the red dot (I assume). Still snow up here. The alps. That's Lindau there left of the evergreen tree. See the lighthouse on the left side of the island? We'll see it again below. Church You can see the lighthouse easier in this one. See the big red and white antenna on the ridge? That's where we were in the above pictures. Zoomed in as much as possible. The lighthouse and lion of the harbor of Lindau. Lindau is a beautiful, charming city set on the Bodensee (Lake Constance). The old town is on an island, the only access to with (not counting a boat) are one railroad bridge and one car bridge. It has a beautiful preserved old town. It seems like a nice place to spend a week, particularly if you could ...

One of the first things we did in Venice was to visit the Naval History Museum in Venice .  This was a really cool museum.  Given that Venice was a major world power for several hundred years, and the navy had a lot to do with this, and given that the city is on the water, naval operations have been of major importance throughout the history of the city. First off was these cool, huge anchors outside.  Me for scale.  Those of you who know me know that I am not a small guy... The museum had many scale ship models.  These depicted all kinds of ships, even dating back to galleys and other ancient ship types. There were also lots of cool globes. And sea chests. Ship model. Sabres Near the museum is also the entrance to the Arsenale, which was the shipyard where the ships were made.  It's still an active naval base, so you can't go in, but you can see the very cool towers that once held the gates. The entrance to Arsenale....