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The Mercerie Venice, Italy

The main shopping thoroughfare of San Marco is made up of three narrow mercerie (literally meaning haberdashers) starting near the Rialto and running virtually all the way to Piazza San Marco.
The Merceria di San Salvador starts just south of the Campo San Bartolome. Following the signs “San Marco” will bring you first into Merceria San [...]


Berlin in February is Fantastic

We had been thinking about going to Berlin for a few years and with the twentieth anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down later this year decided we must make a booking.
We had seen a comment in Simon Calder’s travel page in The Independent on Saturday about flying there and decided to fly to Tegel [...]