{"id":3459,"date":"2011-11-06T16:39:54","date_gmt":"2011-11-06T21:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=3459"},"modified":"2011-11-21T17:48:43","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T22:48:43","slug":"alta-alta-aqua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=3459","title":{"rendered":"Walking On Water"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday – November 6, 2011<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone in Venice walks on water!! \u00a0I love to watch the gondoliers work their long paddles through the water, moving back and forth near the rear of the gondola, silently moving the boat forward, they appear to be walking on water…… \u00a0Today’s higher “alta aqua” forced everyone to walk on the long platforms above the water and everyone was walking on water!! <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Sunday Morning in Front of St. Mark’s<\/span><\/p>\n

Tourists and Venetians seemed to take the higher water level in stride. \u00a0Local police stood in the water keeping the walkers quickly moving through the square. \u00a0No photos; just keep moving! \u00a0“Avanti!!”<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Walking On Water<\/span><\/p>\n

The water seemed to recede fairly quickly and before we realized it, the \u00a0alta aqua was gone. \u00a0The pigeons and the tourists slowly moved in and took over the square again.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Post-Alta Aqua<\/span><\/p>\n

We walked out to the harbor to see the tide. \u00a0The water gently lapped over the edge. \u00a0The high tide elevated the boats to the same level as the people on the quay. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Gondolas<\/span><\/p>\n

We walked around the small alleyways avoiding the flooded ones and marveled at Mother Nature and the resiliency of the Venetians. \u00a0 It was Sunday morning and the tourists were out in full force. \u00a0It seemed that the locals had receded with the tide.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Sunday Brunch at the Venice Hard Rock Cafe<\/span><\/p>\n

The rain started again and we had a snack at Le Chat qui Rit which is a utilitarian cafeteria near the Hard Rock Cafe. \u00a0We just felt like having a bowl of soup and some good Italian bread on this damp, rainy, chilly day. Then we rode the vaporetto to Gallerie dell’Accademia located on the Grand Canal to visit the famous museum of art.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>First Room at L’Accademia<\/span><\/p>\n

The Gallerie dell’Accademia, which was originally created as an art school in 1750, gave a warm and glowing welcome. \u00a0It contains masterpieces of Venetian painting up to the 18th century. \u00a0The collection was generally arranged chronologically starting in the first room from approximately the 14th century. Some of the most famous artists include: Canaletto, Tiepolo, Tintoretto, Titian, Veronese, and there was even one drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Main Gallery<\/span><\/p>\n

It had stopped raining when we left L’Accademia so we walked in the direction away from the Grand Canal to the rear of the building. \u00a0We wanted to explore the Zattere in the Dorsoduro district of Venice. \u00a0The Zattere was built in 1519 as a landing dock for the delivery of timber for ship construction. \u00a0The wide quay is a spacious promenade lined with inviting restaurants and cafes that runs along the entire southern shore.<\/span><\/p>\n

After walking a while, we took the vaporetto back to St. Marks’s Square and returned to the hotel to rest up for dinner. \u00a0We wanted to try a restaurant not too far from the hotel, so we walked to the end of the street and chose a homey place. \u00a0Jeff had pizza and I had ravioli. \u00a0It was ok, but we learned not to trust “tourist” restaurants. <\/span><\/p>\n

After dinner, since it wasn’t raining, we walked around to see the lights of Venice at night and went to our local gelato store. \u00a0There are actually two gelaterias across the street from each other. \u00a0It was fun to compare gelato flavors!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sunday – November 6, 2011 Everyone in Venice walks on water!! \u00a0I love to watch the gondoliers work their long paddles through the water, moving back and forth near the rear of the gondola, silently moving the boat forward, they appear to be walking on water…… \u00a0Today’s higher “alta aqua” forced everyone to walk on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-italy","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3459"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3565,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3459\/revisions\/3565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}