Friday, October 07, 2005 Click here for more Venice Photos
Heading to Venice (Italian: Venezia, the "city of canals") this weekend. The city stretches across numerous small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. In the old center, canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot. In the 19th century a causeway to the mainland brought a railroad station to Venice, and an automobile causeway and parking lot was added in the 20th century. Beyond these land entrances at the northern edge of the city, transportation within the city remains, as it was in centuries past, entirely on water or on foot and is Europe's largest carfree area. A perfect contrast to the US!
It must be pretty special... supposedly one of the most photogenic cities in the world, it should keep me entertained. Heading out there with the extended family to celebrate my Dad's 60th birthday. The folks have opted for a hotel and we are staying with my two sisters and their boyfriends in some fancy pad with Jacuzzi and roof terrace overlooking a canal. Nice.
Photos will be uploaded when I return on Wednesday. Lets hope my mac is lying and the sun will shine!
posted by Finn at 7:08 PM
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