[Leica] IMG: some photos from Venice

[Nathan Wajsman]

Cruise ships are probably the worst form of tourism. The passengers sleep on the ship, they eat breakfast and dinner on the ship, so at most they will spend a bit of money on lunch if they are out and about in the city. So huge impact in terms of crowds, very little benefit to the local economy.

I have done one cruise in my life—a weeklong cruise of the Mediterranean 6 years ago, starting and finishing in Barcelona. It was OK because it gave me the opportunity to visit a couple of cities I had not visited before, Napoli and Marseille (and I liked both, especially Napoli), but I very much doubt  I will do this again.

Those who have not done this might enjoy reading my blog from the cruise:

https://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/2013/08/03/a-week-with-norwegian-cruise-lines/

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
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> On 4 Jun 2019, at 17:20, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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> Thanks for looking!
> 
> I understand completely, Philippe, especially after being there. Our little river boat was definitely low impact: 130 people. But the Seabourn ship was 400 people and much larger. Even moving “ahead dead slow” it left a wake. Having 11 ships in Venice at the same time was awful.
> 
> Our gondola ride was the day before. We had an hour to ourselves in the smaller canals. The following day, however, the same ride would have been impossible. For the same price you shared the experience with whoever was around you, you got a half-hour, and the cost was the same as what we paid for an hour’s trip. And there were HUGE lines.
> 
> There are places in the world I want to see. But I’m not sure if by going there I”m making matters worse. For much of my life we stayed in the US, traveling around the country by car. My kids love road trips. We put off traveling overseas until we were older. Now that seems like a not-so-good idea.
> 
> I don’t have an answer. 
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> Adam
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>> On 2019 Jun  4, at 1:08 AM, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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>> Lovely set Adam, of which the sunset is the cherry on top. 
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>> 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.
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>> 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>
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>> Amities
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>> Philippe
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>>> Le 4 juin 2019 à 00:14, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a écrit :
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>>> 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.
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>>> This ship is relatively small.
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>>> < 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.
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>>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-Venice-Eastern-Mediterranean/Uniworld-Cruise/Venice-Part-2/i-bNp2k4H/A>
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>>> 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”.
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>>> 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:
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>>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-Venice-Eastern-Mediterranean/Uniworld-Cruise/Venice-Part-2/i-wGR7Ln6/A>
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>>> The light was wonderful:
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>>> <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>
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>>> On Burano (which should be sponsored by Technicolor) were these flip flops:
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>>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-Venice-Eastern-Mediterranean/Uniworld-Cruise/Venice-Part-2/i-npr52Rh/A>
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>>> I recommend arising early:
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>>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-Venice-Eastern-Mediterranean/Uniworld-Cruise/Venice-Part-2/i-G4LM2Zd/A>
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>>> A sunset cruise on the Venice Lagoon near the city of Chioggia.
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>>> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-Venice-Eastern-Mediterranean/Uniworld-Cruise/Venice-Part-2/i-hLDm3P8/A>
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>>> 
>>> I hope  you enjoyed some of these images.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for looking!
>>> 
>>> Adam Bridge
>>> 
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