[Leica] IMG: some photos from Venice

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Some nice images there, Adam, but I agree with the other commenters in 
that large cruise ships are a very intimidating presence there.

I've been to Venice on three occasions, coming in by San Lucia station 
twice (the best way I think) and once by smallish boat from Punta 
Sabbione on the Lido di Jesola side. The large cruise ships tend to 
dominate the wonderful architecture of the city and are a huge 
distraction. Get rid of them I would say. I see that the Great Orange 
One has decreed that US cruise ships are to be banned from Cuba in order 
to topple the regime there, but perhaps he might be better off 
encouraging one hundred times more as the ecological effects may cause 
Havana to topple into the sea too. Who needs cruise missiles when you've 
got cruise ships.

BTW on Venice, don't bother going in July and August as you'll just be 
carried along in a sweaty multitude of Mildreds from Manchester, 
Magdalenas from Mainz, Mari Jos from Minnesota, etc., etc., and that's 
not including the men. Go in the quieter months - October November are 
good and you'll get a chance to use your camera.

Douglas

On 03/06/2019 23:14, Adam Bridge via LUG wrote:
> 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.
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> https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-Venice-Eastern-Mediterranean/Uniworld-Cruise/Venice-Part-2/i-7VfC7bt/A>
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> 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>
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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?.
>
> 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>
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> 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>
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> The light was wonderful:
>
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-Venice-Eastern-Mediterranean/Uniworld-Cruise/Venice-Part-2/i-X2WhZGr/A>
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> 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:
>
> <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.
>
> <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
>
>
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