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| The Grand Canal |
We did a couple touristy things in Venice this morning like walking around the canals and checking out the open air markets, but I read online that the island of Lido across from Venice has beaches. For Californian's the only real vacation happens at a beach so we decided to go out on a whim an look for the Venice beaches.
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| The Island of Lido |
We took the water taxi/subway across the bay to Lido and then walked down the main street. The island is probably less than a mile wide. We found a public beach that for a couple of Euros you can rent two lounge chairs and an umbrella. We happily sat down for the afternoon and enjoyed the sun.
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| The Beach |
I managed to not get sunburned, which is a great accomplishment because I saw a lot of red people with leathery skin. The Europeans don't seem to be worried about skin cancer at all.
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| Enjoying Gelato |
Tomorrow I think we will go back to the beach for the day. There is a restaurant and they serve drinks to your chair. I also saw paddle boats with slides and it is my goal to convince Syd to rent one with me. The water is really warm so I am looking forward to sliding into the Adriatic Sea.
Liking, Liking your travel reports. I hope you get to swim in the Mediterranean! -- Lucy
ReplyDeleteWho is taking all these pictures of you two? Have you gotten aggressive about asking strangers to take a photo? I kind of miss the close-up self-portraits on the iPhone...
ReplyDeletePS You can go to the beach in California! Get yourselves to a cathedral or museum or something!
From Lucy: Geography mistake, I mean the Adriatic.
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