I Love The Venice Canals. (The Other Venice Canals).

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​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...