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Venetian Beach Day

Written by Ben on July 24, 2006 |

[I'm still at the European CouchSurfing Collective... and I'm trying to catch up on my travel stories. :)]

The weather was baking hot the day after I walked around Venice… about as hot as the current California heat wave. So a few friends and I took the ferry to the Lido beach– a– area and spent the day swimming and tanning. One thing I found very interesting were the rows and rows of little storage huts that lined the back of the beach. People rent, or collectively rent because of $$$ costs, these huts out for the summer. Here, they store all their beach going equipment: umbrellas, heavy chairs, and swim gear. I found this odd at first, but I realized that it would be rather difficult to transport this stuff on ferries… Venice being a strictly pedestrian city.

So the day was just what I needed… Relaxation! I mean, really really chilling at the beach; and enjoying myself. This is quite a change for me because I hate going to California beaches, I am not a beach guy in general.

There isn’t much else to say because there’s only so much I did… swim and tan (nap). That is IT!

I wanted to show you photos, but the people I went to the beach with took pictures. I haven’t gotten the pictures yet.