Author: René Seindal
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Kayaking anniversary in Venice
At this time, five years ago, I came to Venice for the first time to kayak. I had only been to Venice a two previous occasions, and only for short one day visits. Being married at the time to an Italian, most holidays would automatically go to Italy, and I had been searching for interesting…
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Home
In the five years I’ve lived in Venice, I haven’t had any one home for long. It’s been a lot of moving around, and basically camping out in the various places, hauling along a bare minimum of stuff to reduce the burden of the next move. Every time I thought I had found some kind…
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Confirmed: He Who Sits the Most Dies the Soonest
I imagined that spending half my life kayaking would be good for my health, and then this news appears: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/04/confirmed-he-who-sits-the-most-dies-the-soonest/256101/ maybe its time to look more into stand up paddling, or rather, given my current residence, Venetian rowing.
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First paddle of the year in Venice
Between this and that it was late January before we got the kayaks out on the canals of Venice. It was before the cold set in, so there was no snow or ice on the canals. We had much of the city to ourselves, as most other boat people in Venice are having a slow…
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Stupid things you do …
Every once in a while you do something silly, only discover afterwards that your “good fun” could have had other consequences. In November last year there was an alert for a high tide in Venice. Nothing extreme, a forecast of 115cm which will flood mayby 20% of the city with at most 20cm of water,…
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Gondolas in Egypt
I’m not quite sure what to think about this, but I’m fairly confident a lot of Venetian rowers wouldn’t like the way these gondolas are punted rather than rowed. http://www.gondolagreg.com/2011/12/more-gondolas-in-egypt.html
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Self Portrait
From above (or below) If it is possible to truly love a kayak I love my Skim Dex. It is probably the seat I sit in the most from April to October.