Friday, June 13, 2014

A Visit to the Adriatic Sea

Which takes little effort in Venice.

We rode the vaporetto to Lido, an oblong island that serves as a natural breakwater for Venice.  It's about a half-hour trip from where we're staying.  (We've been making extensive use of our Hellovenezia passes, which has been a great way to escape the 80,000-strong Venice crowds.)


And once the crowds thinned out after the St Mark's Square stop, we were able to claim three seats in the open-air area at the back of the boat.

And watch the Venice skyline recede a bit.




After three days in Venice, Lido provided a slight culture shock -- the getting used to automobile traffic again.

The beach itself was nothing to write home about, but here I am doing so anyway.


I'll leave this last item to your imagination.  As we walked along the shore, an 80-year-old (maybe closer to 90) bikini-clad woman dropped her cane onto the beach and made her way to the water's edge with the assistance of a younger woman, perhaps her daughter or caretaker.  

It appears that they don't sell any one-piece bathing suits in this part of the world.

Looking out to sea


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