kayak Finally, after too many weeks to stop the flu.
And we could not take even better: a sunny day full of masks of the Venice Carnival! There are now five years that we do not miss the appointment: our first experience in 2007 had yielded a short article and a collection of images to music ; tornaimo every year since then because we are sure to find a party ever new and ever more attractive!
The party has been decimated dall'influenza e da una miriade di sfortunati imprevisti: con il doppio verde dei romagnoli Lucas&Raffaella, quello rosso delle triestine "Lupe di Mare" ed il singolo blu di Fabrizio, abbiamo percorso in lungo ed in largo la città dei mille canali in una piccola e disciplinata flottiglia.
La solita parrucca colorata ci ha protetto dalla leggera brezza che batteva la laguna e ci ha fatto conquistare centinaia di fotografie una volta raggiunta la Serenissima: dai ponti e dalle calli le migliaia di turisti ci hanno lanciato coriandoli e sorrisi e per l'intero fine settimana ci siamo sentiti la maschera più bella Carnival!
slipped silently along the Grand Canal is always an emotion as "great" and every year we discover new secret corners of the city suspended the Water: lanterns of colored glass, twisted columns, arches suspended in the air , mullioned windows on the facades of palaces, polychrome mosaics glittering in the sun, and rows of clothes hanging on the channels, mooring posts of wood eaten by the sea, floating docks that creak with the tide, red brick walls and bas-reliefs of white marble everywhere ...
Every few paddle strokes we need to extract the camera to capture that flash of light or the shade of color or highlights of that game channels: paddle in Venice also means losing one of its tongues of water in pursuit of its long history and fill your eyes with unique details to the world. ..
The waves of the Giudecca Canal caused the engines to ferry & taxi disappear as if by magic in the smaller channels and repair of various sestrieri, we have learned to recognize and choose with care the kayak glides quickly among the boats moored along the banks, touching the oysters that encrust the foundations ... aVenezia only so many maneuvers are required to navigate: lateral displacements, bow rudders, paddles circulars are indispensable to wander freely through the channels ...
Gondolas threatening sprout from the corners of buildings and their typical metal bows seem even more impressive views from the kayak, especially when the gondolier smiled nailed against the wall for us to have more room to maneuver .. . in an attempt to reach the Bridge of Sighs again this year we find ourselves involved in an extraordinary traffic jam of gondolas and rowing, with annexes squeals of tourists as the boats touch and lean on the side ... a few long minutes of patient waiting and the tangle of eddies and wakes unfolds and each goes his own way of water.
The small band of colored kayak runs happily on the muddy waters of the city gaps and lunch under the restored dome of the Salute Church reserves other pleasant surprises meet Saturday with two friends converted Desk photo walk and Sunday we meet the legendary Professor Rigatti passing in a kayak in the channel side and that some day we will do another pleasant surprise: a tasty article for the site for tourists case of Patrizio Roversi & Co. !
's all a riot of colors and go up from the tip of Giudecca Cannaregio Dorsoduro up to, then we return to Castello and San Marco and at the end of Sunday touch all sestrieri Venetian ... The second day is gray, cold and rainy the first one but Fabrizio's enthusiasm is such that under yet another bridge in the brick and marble heard to exclaim: "Mauro, Tatiana: Thanks to exist!
The company quickly melts, the road back is long and all the darkness, he insisted: covered by the dock of the camp and after a hot shower in camp carichiamo i kayak ancora col sorriso sulle labbra: lo storm cag è utilissimo sotto la pioggia, ed è talmente buffo da poter sostituire il vestito di carnevale!
An unforgettable meeting for the Venice Carnival, using a "sea kayaker mask" and receiving thousands of pictures while we were paddling all around the city... Wow, what a wonderful week-end!
Few friends in two double kayaks more one in a single have meet us to visit the city on the water: sun&warm on the first day and wind&cold on the second one have permit us to discover the historical secrets of I know the Serenissima with different lights and colors, But anyway with an unbeliveable beauty!
Please, see the slide show 1997 and read the brief article written after Our first experience there, in the middle of the Venice Carnival ... and remember: If You Want to Come, you just need a colored Periwig!
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