Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lovely set Adam, of which the sunset is the cherry on top. Now, when there I hated these cruise-vessels - they rock the pillars that hold the city afloat to an unprecedented extent, which means that some day parts of the artificial island will sink. I do not understand why they?re allowed in the laguna when they might simply land a little further away. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Italie+2012/BT-Venice-9817.jpg.html <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Italie+2012/BT-Venice-9817.jpg.html> Amities Philippe > Le 4 juin 2019 ? 00:14, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > ?crit : > > The collision between an MSC cruise ship and the Uniworld river boat > ?River Countess? brought our trip last autumn to mind. > > Cruise ships have to navigate one of the large canals to reach the > berthing areas. > > This ship is relatively small. > > < > https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-Venice-Eastern-Mediterranean/Uniworld-Cruise/Venice-Part-2/i-7VfC7bt/A> > > Here the ?River Countess? is about to be passed by an MSC cruise ship. > This is NOT the site of the ?River Countess?? collision on Sunday. > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-Venice-Eastern-Mediterranean/Uniworld-Cruise/Venice-Part-2/i-bNp2k4H/A> > > We departed on the ?Seabourn Odyssey? a vessel of about the same size of > the first one I showed. Here we?re looking down onto the ?River Countess?. > > There were 11 (!) cruise ships in port the day we left. Venice was crowded > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-Venice-Eastern-Mediterranean/Uniworld-Cruise/Venice-Part-2/i-FQT5SBR/A> > > We did love Venice. Our last evening we took a gondola ride. The gondolier > was head over heels for Jan: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-Venice-Eastern-Mediterranean/Uniworld-Cruise/Venice-Part-2/i-wGR7Ln6/A> > > The light was wonderful: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-Venice-Eastern-Mediterranean/Uniworld-Cruise/Venice-Part-2/i-X2WhZGr/A> > > I can make up so many stories about this family group: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-Venice-Eastern-Mediterranean/Uniworld-Cruise/Venice-Part-2/i-sVnrsxX/A> > > On Burano (which should be sponsored by Technicolor) were these flip flops: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-Venice-Eastern-Mediterranean/Uniworld-Cruise/Venice-Part-2/i-npr52Rh/A> > > I recommend arising early: > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-Venice-Eastern-Mediterranean/Uniworld-Cruise/Venice-Part-2/i-G4LM2Zd/A> > > A sunset cruise on the Venice Lagoon near the city of Chioggia. > > <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-Venice-Eastern-Mediterranean/Uniworld-Cruise/Venice-Part-2/i-hLDm3P8/A> > > > I hope you enjoyed some of these images. > > Thanks for looking! > > Adam Bridge > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information