| More walking the streets of Venice and dodging the street flooding that is a regular event this time of year. It's not flooding in the sense that there is any danger, but rather there is from 1 to 4 inches in certain sections of passageways that deters people from wading through it. The result is that alternative routes are negotiated to get where one wants to go. At night in St. Mark's Square water can be seen seeping up through manhole covers but never enough to cover or flood the entire square. However, there are records wherein the water rose more than 1.5 feet, i.e. high enough to allow gondolas to float and navigate in the square proper. For the most part the overnight rising of the water is temporary and no longer apparent by mid-morning. No new pictures taken with the camera phone, so none to post for today (although the total on my regular digital SLR camera now exceeds 1500 for the trip --- not to worry, no one will be subjected to such torture unless they are senile and blind). This entry is being posted from the train enroute from Venice to Florence. |
