René's old blog
Whatever I feel like posting, whenever
This site goes back some twenty-five years, so it is bound to be full of stale links and irrelevant information. It is, at best, updated irregularly.
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Carnival time with photos from the Procession of the Twelve Maries during the Venice Carnival 2019
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Kayak ban court hearing
The final hearing of the legal recourse of Venice Kayak against the kayaking ban in Venice, was held on february 6th, but the sentence will only be published later.
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Penny
Last Tuesday I placed the most difficult signature of my life on the most unwanted piece of paper ever. I signed away the life of our Penny. Penny came to us thirteen months ago. She was in a horrible condition.…
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WordPress Hamilton Theme add-on
I’ve got several site running on the brilliant minimalistic Hamilton theme for WordPress. It is a free theme created by Anders Norén. The only thing I found missing was to be able to display posts and pages easily in the…
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A Pathetic Human Being
A Venetian gondoliere thought it a good idea to decorate his gondola with fascist symbols, yet he can’t handle that others think it not a good “joke”
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Venice Kayak
Kayaking in Venice is a unique experience. Venice Kayak offers guided kayak tours in the city of Venice and in the lagoon.
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Brexit from a distance
Brexit doesn’t influence me directly, but being Danish living in Italy means my existence relies on freedom of movement. Brexit attacks that freedom.
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Kayaking ban status
The TAR Veneto (Tribunale amministrativo regionale del Veneto) has held a preliminary hearing on October 3rd, to express judgment on the suspension of the kayaking ban.
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Kayking banned in Venice for fictitious reasons
This post explains in more details where you can go kayaking and when in Venice with the August 1st 2018 ban in force.
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Press release: legal recourse against ban on kayaking in Venice
Press release announcing the legal recourse at the TAR Veneto against the decision 433/2018 of the City of Venice, sent to the local Venetian press on Monday, September 3rd, 2018:
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Boats and people – Venice as a harbour
Venice was born as a harbour, and she has always been a harbour. Venice, the Venetians and boats cannot be separated.
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Consequences of recent kayaking ban in Venice
The City of Venice has banned kayaks in Venice at almost all times, so Venice Kayak can only do a few of the tours advertised on our web site.