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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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.
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Ban on kayaking in Venice
Venice bans kayaks and other small boats, favouring damaging and polluting motor traffic over lighter ecological and sustainable means of transport. A ban on kayaking is not the right way forward for Venice.
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Garbage collection – Venetian style
Garbage collection in Venice is unique in that it is almost entirely done by hand, door to door.
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Fog in Venice
Sometimes in autumn and winter Venice becomes enveloped in dense fog, and it becomes a mysterious and haunting place.
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Winter in Venice
Winter in Venice rarely includes snow, but we’ve had a few days with snow recently. It doesn’t happen very often. Last time with lots of snow was in 2012.
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Fifteen minutes in a Venetian park
The photos below are taken in fifteen minutes, walking about 200m.
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Bicycles in Berlin
I’ve been bicycling all my life, and its one of the very few things I miss here in Venice. Berlin, on the other hand, is full of bicycles.
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Berlin 25 years later
Berlin 25 years later could just as well be another city.
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Lio Piccolo
While I’ve kayaked a lot around much of the lagoon, I’ve never been to some of the northernmost parts. My friend Selina took me up there by car, looking for flamingos.
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Drowning in silence
A man was drowning besides me in the hospital pool, and I didn’t know what to do to save him.
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Annegare in silenzio
Io ho visto un uomo annegare a due metri da me in piscina, e non ho saputo salvargli.