Gondoliers floating tourists through the narrow canals in Venice
Tag: travel
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Piazza San Marco
This is definitely one of my favourite photos, taken this summer. Would have been better without other people and some pigeons flying away, but hey.
Walking over Saint Mark’s square in Venice.
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Beautiful Venice
I have been to Italy a few times in my life. Among smaller cities I was in Milan, Florence, Genoa and Cagliari. I have even seen their state printer from the inside. Okay, I just mention this to have something to tell about Rome. But I never was in Venice before. This time I closed that gap.
As on other trips before, we used the evening hours for sightseeing. Benefits: Most day tourists are leaving in the afternoon and temperatures are getting more comfy every minute. Especially in smaller Italian cities, street life wont start before 7pm. And of course, the advantage of the golden hour for taking photographs.
The trip: Spending the day in an air conditioned mall in Mestre (Italy trip without fashion shopping is no Italy trip), later then a short drive to the pre-booked parking lot at Mestre train station, followed by a 10 minute train ride and we arrived at Venice St. Lucia station around 4pm. An easy and stressless way to get there. when queueing up for Vaporetto tickets, some Germans appoached us and offered their day passes, for free! They where already leaving and they would become useless for them anyway. What a gift. Thank you!
We jumped on a Vaporetto which brought us to St. Mark’s Square. Then we were strolling through Venice via Academia and San Polo to the Rialto-Bridge. Another Vaporetto took us back to the station.
This photo was taken from Rialto-Bridge, shortly after sunset.
Tip: later we learned, another way to get to Venice is by Ferry from Fusina. In my oppinion the perfect way. Could there be a better way to enter a city, built on water, by coming over water?
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Summer, Sun, Kayak.
Better a fun kayak than no kayak. Never imagined river Po when thinking about kayaking. Not that bad. Plenty of water in branches of rivers and lagoons. Plenty of midges included. Its also possible to go from delta del Po national park to Venice by Kayak. Idea: with a folding kayak to Venice… reminds me about our 1996 Trabant trip through Tuscany.
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Little Trabant adventures
Sorry for not posting lately. I somehow got lost in social media. Posting on Instagram and then I forget to post it here. Should think about using IFTTT to streamline such activities.
Not that spectacular right now, as winter has come and we got plenty of snow here as well. But the little Trabant has been with me at Weißsee Gletscherwelt last summer. Hopefully its journey will continue.
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Snowmelt
Snowmelt of freshly fallen snow making its way down the slope. Photo was taken in the Stubach Valley.
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Krimml Falls
Been there for the 4th time in my life and it is still breathtaking. Picture shows the lower fall of the water cascade of Krimml. Big advantage of the weather was, the spraying water coult not do any harm to us. We were already soaked through caused by the weather.
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Heidi Land
Also taken in the Stubach Valley. So calm, so gorgeous. Imagine this scene on a blue sky summer day. Must be awesome.
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Grünsee
Another lake picture. Did not know I have been to a lake area instead of the Alps. The Grünsee is part of the Weißsee Gletscherwelt at the end of the gorgeous Stubach valley, located in the High Tauern National Park.
Many hiking trails of different length, all are embedded in a breathtaking landscape and peaceful nature are inviting for a trip of your choice. If your trip ends in the Stubachtal again, make sure to stop by the “Alpengasthof Paletti” and try their Kaiserschmarrn. You won’t regret.
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Klammsee
Another one taken on the trip to Austria. Usually the Glockner Group would have been visible at the end of the valley. Due to the weather it was not. Not really surprising. The photo did not turn out that bad anyway. I like the trees and their reflection on the right hand side.