René Seindal

Unless you’re in the police

On the Certosa island, car free but with kayaks.

Hanging out on the beach with the chicks, sporting a pair of Raybans for that cool, in control look.

you can pass.

Sandolo passing under the church of Santo Stefano in Venice at high tide.

Trying to fit a 4HP out board engine on a piece of Styrofoam.

They get extra points for trying

Not all dogs start life as puppies. Some emerge fully grown out of big buckets of water.

Hearts can appear anywhere, anytime.

Puppets of Damocles?

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When paddling around Venice we often see slightly weird boats around — different shapes, odd names, alternative behaviour — but the other day I encountered something in a category of its own.

I tried to get a good photo of it, but waterproof point-and-shoot cameras aren’t always that great for taking photographs, so this was the best shot I got.

We have some of the usual mix of boats here.  There’s the gondola, the taxi, the cargo boat and a building barge:

Then in the middle there’s this unidentified floating object

It appears to be the workmen from the barge in front of Palazzo Grassi, who got the sudden urge to cross the Canal Grande on a rather busy stretch, using some kind of steel box and shovels for paddles.

They did get across, but I’m not quite sure it qualifies as safe paddling