Ken Blake wrote:

    > In news:[email protected],
    > Frank F. Matthews <[email protected]> typed:
    >
    >
    >>Ken Blake wrote:
    >
    >
    >>>Thanks. My problem isn't the sound; it's how to get off that
    >>>first page and on to the second page. If there's someplace to
    >>>click, I can't find it. Can you help?
    >>Perhaps it is in the big white rectangle? Or perhaps he means
    >>the
    >>photo pages. I wonder if the rates are mentioned somewhere?
    >
    >
    >
    > I couldn't find any pages with any content at all. But I just
    > realized what the problem was. When I turned off Popup Cop, the
    > content appeared.
    >
    > The apartment looks very nice. The web site is terrible.
    >


Did you find any mention of prices?

Frank F. Matthews wrote:

    > I must confess that the reference to "downtown Venice" completely threw
    > me. Not the tourist part confused me completely since I think of St.
    > Marks as "downtown" or central Venice. I did figure that not the
    > tourist part implied somewhere on the extremity but didn't think that
    > was very helpful.

Being a UKian, perhaps the word "downtown" isn't quite as loaded
with meaning for me: it's not a word we use much. So I took the
meaning from the phrase "modern city" to guess what the OP meant.

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In news:[email protected],
Frank F. Matthews <[email protected]> typed:
    > Ken Blake wrote:
    >> In news:[email protected],
    >> Frank F. Matthews <[email protected]> typed:
    >>> Ken Blake wrote:
    >>>> Thanks. My problem isn't the sound; it's how to get off that
    >>>> first page and on to the second page. If there's someplace
    >>>> to
    >>>> click, I can't find it. Can you help?
    >>> Perhaps it is in the big white rectangle? Or perhaps he
    >>> means
    >>> the
    >>> photo pages. I wonder if the rates are mentioned somewhere?
    >> I couldn't find any pages with any content at all. But I just
    >> realized what the problem was. When I turned off Popup Cop,
    >> the
    >> content appeared.
    >> The apartment looks very nice. The web site is terrible.
    > Did you find any mention of prices?


No. I sent them an E-mail message inquiring about prices.

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In news:[email protected],
Frank F. Matthews <[email protected]> typed:

    > Mary Pegg wrote:

    >> Err, yes, that was the point. "Wierd travelers" was making a
    >> helpful
    >> suggestion of somewhere to stay - "downtown Venice" may be an
    >> odd way
    >> of describing Mestre, but *I* could understand what they
    >> meant. *You* just seem to be trying to score points and make
    >> smart-arse
    >> comments along the lines of "not the Venice in Louisiana".
    >> (I'm
    >> paraphrasing, if that's not obvious). If I've misunderstood
    >> and you
    >> *are* actually trying to be helpful: my apologies.
    > I must confess that the reference to "downtown Venice"
    > completely
    > threw me. Not the tourist part confused me completely since I
    > think
    > of St. Marks as "downtown" or central Venice.


At first reading, I had no idea what he meant by "downtown
Venice." Then it occurred to me that just maybe he meant
"Mestre." Then on thinking about it, I thought that made no
sense, and he couldn't possibly have meant that.

So at this point, I don't know what he meant, and would prefer
not to guess.

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On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 16:56:42 +0100, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 14:30:39 -0000, "Phred Bear" <[email protected]>
    >wrote:
    >>"Mary Pegg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >>news:[email protected]...
    >><< I think the reference to Lido makes it perfectly clear that the OP
    >> knows what they're talking about, >>
    >>Which seems to be more than you do.
    >It was pretty clear to me that Mary Pegg was being ironic.

Some people have great difficulty picking up irony. When I read what
Mary wrote, I couldn't imagine it being anything but that.

Interestingly, Phred simply assumed her to be very stupid.
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On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:33:00 GMT, Mary Pegg
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Frank F. Matthews wrote:
    >> I must confess that the reference to "downtown Venice" completely threw
    >> me. Not the tourist part confused me completely since I think of St.
    >> Marks as "downtown" or central Venice. I did figure that not the
    >> tourist part implied somewhere on the extremity but didn't think that
    >> was very helpful.
    >Being a UKian, perhaps the word "downtown" isn't quite as loaded
    >with meaning for me: it's not a word we use much. So I took the
    >meaning from the phrase "modern city" to guess what the OP meant.

I would take it as meaning the most expensive part of the city,
usually the CBD. In Venice, that would be somewhere near St Marks
Square.
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"Ken Blake" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >In news:[email protected],
    >Frank F. Matthews <[email protected]> typed:
    >> Ken Blake wrote:
    >>> Thanks. My problem isn't the sound; it's how to get off that
    >>> first page and on to the second page. If there's someplace to
    >>> click, I can't find it. Can you help?
    >> Perhaps it is in the big white rectangle? Or perhaps he means
    >> the
    >> photo pages. I wonder if the rates are mentioned somewhere?
    >I couldn't find any pages with any content at all. But I just
    >realized what the problem was. When I turned off Popup Cop, the
    >content appeared.
    >The apartment looks very nice. The web site is terrible.

I can let you know soon how nice it is: I'll be in it on Wednesday.

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In news:[email protected],
Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> typed:
    > "Ken Blake" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> In news:[email protected],
    >> Frank F. Matthews <[email protected]> typed:
    >>> Ken Blake wrote:
    >>>> Thanks. My problem isn't the sound; it's how to get off that
    >>>> first page and on to the second page. If there's someplace
    >>>> to
    >>>> click, I can't find it. Can you help?
    >>> Perhaps it is in the big white rectangle? Or perhaps he
    >>> means
    >>> the
    >>> photo pages. I wonder if the rates are mentioned somewhere?
    >> I couldn't find any pages with any content at all. But I just
    >> realized what the problem was. When I turned off Popup Cop,
    >> the
    >> content appeared.
    >> The apartment looks very nice. The web site is terrible.
    > I can let you know soon how nice it is: I'll be in it on
    > Wednesday.

Great, thanks. Keep us posted.

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"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > "Ken Blake" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>In news:[email protected],
    >>Frank F. Matthews <[email protected]> typed:
    >>> Ken Blake wrote:
    >>>> Thanks. My problem isn't the sound; it's how to get off that
    >>>> first page and on to the second page. If there's someplace to
    >>>> click, I can't find it. Can you help?
    >>> Perhaps it is in the big white rectangle? Or perhaps he means
    >>> the
    >>> photo pages. I wonder if the rates are mentioned somewhere?
    >>I couldn't find any pages with any content at all. But I just
    >>realized what the problem was. When I turned off Popup Cop, the
    >>content appeared.
    >>The apartment looks very nice. The web site is terrible.
    > I can let you know soon how nice it is: I'll be in it on Wednesday.

OK, looking forward to one of your long entertaining reports about Venice.
(Not to dump an obligation on you.)

Marianne

Following up to Mimi

    >A NO
    >> brainer, unless you are intensely committed to a romantic/claustrophobic
    >> ideal of what Venice is supposed to be.
    >In which case you will be disappointed. I didn't think the Lido was so
    >great. The vast majority of the beaches are private with walls blocking off
    >the view from the street. The town is pleasant, but not unlike lots of towns
    >in Italy. The only thing special is the vaporetto to Venice.

I agree, we passed through on the way from Chioggia (hint) wasnt
impressed. As beaches go, its nothing special at all.
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Following up to Phred Bear

    >As you may not be aware, it is difficult to catch a taxi in Venice, Italy,
    >because the streets are full of water.

There are plentiful taxis on the Grand canal and small one man
operated taxis on other canals.
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"Ken Blake" <[email protected]> wrote:

    >In news:[email protected],
    >Padraig Breathnach <[email protected]> typed:
    >> "Ken Blake" <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>> In news:[email protected],
    >>> Frank F. Matthews <[email protected]> typed:
    >>>> Ken Blake wrote:
    >>>>> Thanks. My problem isn't the sound; it's how to get off that
    >>>>> first page and on to the second page. If there's someplace
    >>>>> to
    >>>>> click, I can't find it. Can you help?
    >>>> Perhaps it is in the big white rectangle? Or perhaps he
    >>>> means the
    >>>> photo pages. I wonder if the rates are mentioned somewhere?
    >>> I couldn't find any pages with any content at all. But I just
    >>> realized what the problem was. When I turned off Popup Cop,
    >>> the content appeared.
    >>> The apartment looks very nice. The web site is terrible.
    >> I can let you know soon how nice it is: I'll be in it on
    >> Wednesday.
    >Great, thanks. Keep us posted.

It's a great apartment -- very good location, well-furnished and
equipped, well maintained, good heating system (important in the last
few days), pleasant proprietor. The website implies that it can
accommodate four people, and it can -- but it's far better as
comfortable accommodation for two.

On the basis of this experience, I'd trust Bob Fusillo's
recommendations on accommodation. Thanks, Bob.

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