Jan 23
Beach at Lido
For anybody not yet aware, Venice is in the middle of the water. Well, technically, it’s in the middle of a lagoon. Sounds spooky, doesn’t it? It turns out that a lagoon is actually just a body of water that is separated from a larger body of water by some land mass (thanks again, wikipedia). In Venice’s case, the land mass is almost entirely made up of the island of Lido, which forms a sort of protective barrier from the Gulf, mostly keeping the water level from fluctuating too wildly here. Here’s a map. Since it’s easily reachable from public transportation, it’s also a great place to go to the beach. Today was, literally, the first sunny day we’ve had since we’ve been here, so we took a trip out there, and here are a few pictures. It’s pretty much just a beach, but I thought I’d post them anyway.
