Lido Island - Venice

Today was that day we planned to relax and challenge our fitbits to stay way under 10,000 steps. We got on the vaporetto… today was the day the water-bus was going to go well, and it did. A couple quick stops and we were at our destination…. Lido Island….home to the international film festival. Beautiful sandy beaches, umbrellas and beach chairs… maybe even a cabana because we deserve it. When we got to the beach, the big iron gate was padlocked shut. We were sure they were just getting set up late…we could see a few people in there. We walked to another gate, padlocked. Turns out they were closed for the season and probably only since yesterday because they were just starting to winterize the beach and pack up the lounges. Disappointing, but there was a free beach and someone renting umbrellas and chairs…. I regret that I didn’t take a photo of the chairs these two fellas brought out for us but they were broken, rusted, sagging, dirty chairs with a following of yellow-jackets. We passed, walked a bit and picked up a few beautiful shells and decided the beach wasn’t going to happen. We treated ourselves to lunch, talked a nice man into making us cold coffee lattes and came back to the big island and decided a rest would keep those fitbits calm. When we got to our apartment the electricity was off…. Had been since right after we left. We rested and then wandered, took a couple vaporetto rides because we finally figured out if you didn’t have a specific destination, the vaporetto’s were easy! The weather was beautiful, we rode the grand canal, shopped, had some dinner, and got a message that our power was back on. Even though this day changed course, which seems to be what happens in Venice… maybe just to us😂, but we had a great day … except the fitbits hit over 16,000 steps!!Read more