Available on Amazon Kindle$3.99 $5.99 I LOVE THE VENICE CANALS. (THE OTHER VENICE CANALS)....Continued from yesterday: Everyone who knows me well knows that I love the Venice Canals. Not the ones in Venice, Italy, which I find kind of creepy, In fact I've been to Venice, Italy twice and both times I found the whole city kind of creepy. I don't know, too much water, or something. I kind of felt like I was stuck out in the middle of the ocean, which I guess I actually was. And then I read this scary novel called "Vaporetto 13" set in Venice which really creeped me out, as did the movie "Don't Look Now", another spine-chiller set in Venice. And then there's "Death In Venice," where, well, the guy dies in Venice (no spoiler, it's in the title), and a sci-fi short story version of that classic I once read called "Old, Old Death In New, New Venice," which also didn't give me a good feeling about the place. Anyway, I'm not a huge fan of Venice, Italy. Maybe it's because I never learned to swim. Ah, but warm, sunny, Venice, California is another story, and so are its canals. For me the Venice - California - canals never seem to lose their magic. So when our host kindly suggested a Saturday morning trip to the canals for my benefit, I considered it a splendid idea, which it did, in fact, turn out to be. Upon entering the city of Venice the vista is a mix of busy, palm-lined streets, ...mountains off in the distance, ...and copious traffic. But then one parks the car, walks a half-block to the canals, and enters another world. At one point while strolling along I declared, to no one in particular, "I love this place."
From behind me a voice answered, "So do I." I turned to see a gent about my age. "I come here every day to walk," he said. It's always nice to meet a kindred spirit. To be continued...
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