Friday morning Sept 4th we left from Losinj and went to Molat. Anchored out just north of the town called Lucina in a bay (Uvala Podgarde) We were the only boat in the entire anchorage, evidence that the vacation period here in Croatia has come to an e…
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Leaving Venice
Tuesday Sept. 1 we left Venice for the Croatian. We had a very nice time in Venice. What made it special is the marina we stayed in. I would highly recommend to anyone boating in the Venice area to stay at Santelena. A special thank you to August…
Company in Venice
Our guest, Herman and Frea, arrived on Sat Aug. 29.
We picked them up from the airport with a water taxi. Once they were settled in Le reve we went for a tour through the canals with the dingy. The next day we had an intensive tour of Venice with Piazzo di St Marco as our main attraction.
We picked them up from the airport with a water taxi. Once they were settled in Le reve we went for a tour through the canals with the dingy. The next day we had an intensive tour of Venice with Piazzo di St Marco as our main attraction.
Arriving in Venice Marco Polo airport.
Getting ready to load the suit cases in the taxi.
The “Doge’s Palace.
The Doge of Venice (Similar to a Duke in England)
was the chief magistrate and the leader of the republic of Venice.
For over a thousand years Doges were elected for life by the city- state’s aristocrats.
Since 1923 it has been open as a museum. One of 11 in Venice.
The front of the Basilica of St Marco.
The symbol you see all over Venice ” the Lyon of St Mark”
“Pax Tibi Marce Evangelista Meus”
(Peace to you Mark my evangelist)
This (or similar) statues are seen all over Venice.
A view to both sides of the “Grand canal” from one of the two main bridges (the Accadema bridge) spanning the canal.
The canal is only open to approved water taxi’s, gondolas, and the water bus.
Gondolas, Gondolas, Gondolas,
Everywhere in the down town area you see Gondolas.
It is quite amassing how the gondolier can maneuver them through the small, often very busy canals.
Burano
Burano, an island approx. 7 nm from Venice is known for it’s lace making. Burano is a colorful island with 2800 inhabitants.What strikes you when approaching Burano is the church tower.And Pisa is not the only town in Italy with a leaning tower N…
Murano
Today we visited Murano. An Island in the Venetian lagoon approx 4 nm from Venice.Murano is famous for it’s glass making.Glass making used to be done on the island of Venice, but in the late 12th century the glass makers where ordered to move their ind…
Venicienc at work
We went for a walk to the down town core of Venice. Later in the day it gets very busy on the Piazza San Marco, so we decided to leave relatively early and take a look. We arrived at the square shortly after 09.00 and the line up to get into the “Basil…
Venice
The marina we are staying in in Venice is a brand new marina. It has been operating for some time but the official opening only happened less than a month ago. It is on the main island where Piazza San Marco is. The famous Piazza San Marco is only a 25…
Crossing to Italy
Aug. 23 and the weather is very favorable for a crossing.Total distance from Porec to Venice is 51 nm. We left at 07.30 hr and arrived at the entrance to Venice at 14.45 hr. &nb…
Porec
On Thursday 27th of Aug we set sail for an anchorage just north of Rovinj. There is a long ( just over 5nm) narrow inlet that draws a lot of attention. Tripper boats take load after load of people of people for day trips. The area is off li…
Rovinj
The approach to R…
