Prata di Pordenone
Our Seabourn cruise ended up in Venice and instead of spending another night in the city we decided to see how the locals live in the countryside. Our friend (and contributor to JohnnyJet.com) invited us to spend the night in her extra bedroom in the small town of Prata di Pordenone. It’s an hour train ride from Venice and costs only $7 each way. Just be sure to wait in the Biglietti ticket line and not the Viaggi e Turismo. The latter was really a travel agent that had just one slow person working who charges an extra 8% to book your ticket. Meanwhile, the Biglietti line was quick moving and had no extra fees. It seemed like a scam to me since none of the tourists knew about the official line until some nice man told everyone.

 

 

Jennifer’s husband Tim is in the U.S. Air Force and they have a base with 5,000 Americans a couple towns over. The town she lives in has few Americans and we had so much fun walking around, going to the farmers market, grocery store, gelataria and restaurants. Here’s a link to all of my Prata di Pordenone, Italy photos.

 

 

12 Things You Never Knew About Italy
After walking around Italy with Jennifer I talked her into writing this great post on 12 Things you never knew about Italy. I can pretty much guarantee you this post will save you money on your next trip to Italy.

 

Ciao Bella
Ciao Bella
Condom machine
Condom machine
Breakfast receipt
Breakfast receipt
Don't eave without a receipt
Don't eave without a receipt
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
breakfast pastries
breakfast pastries
Nutella!
Nutella!
Milk vending machine
Milk vending machine
10euro scarf
10euro scarf
Cheese stand
Cheese stand
Prata fruit stand
Prata fruit stand
Prata farmer's market
Prata farmer's market
Downtown Prata
Downtown Prata
Prata town signs
Prata town signs
View from bedroom
View from bedroom
Prata!
Prata!
Salice train station
Salice train station
View from train
View from train
My too big ol' bag
My too big ol' bag
Nat on train
Nat on train
Train to Prata
Train to Prata
Validate your ticket!
Validate your ticket!
Right line to buy train tickets
Right line to buy train tickets
Wrong line to wait in
Wrong line to wait in
Train to Rome (we didn't take it)
Train to Rome (we didn't take it)
Vaporetto stop near train station
Vaporetto stop near train station
Grand canal
Grand canal
DHL's Venetian "truck"
Vaporetto
Vaporetto
How close Vaporetto stop is to ship
How close Vaporetto stop is to ship
Vaporetto schedule
Vaporetto schedule
Bye bye Seaborn
Bye bye Seaborn
Water bus stop next to ship
Water bus stop next to ship
Welcome to Italy!
Welcome to Italy!

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