René Seindal » General Sillyness

Jet ski are illegal in Venice

René Seindal — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:30:55 +0000

Unless you’re in the police

Black on black

René Seindal — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:20:21 +0000

The local parking lot

René Seindal — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:42:00 +0000

On the Certosa island, car free but with kayaks.

Cool Dog

René Seindal — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 04:34:00 +0000

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

If you can pass

René Seindal — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 05:31:00 +0000

you can pass.

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

My First Motorboat

René Seindal — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 05:29:00 +0000

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

They get extra points for trying

Water born dog

René Seindal — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 05:26:00 +0000

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

I ♥ Venice

René Seindal — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 04:59:00 +0000

Hearts can appear anywhere, anytime.

Laundry line

René Seindal — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:33:28 +0000

Puppets of Damocles?

UFO – Unidentified Floating Object

René Seindal — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:14:40 +0000

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