Sailing to Chioggia

While traveling to Chioggia we heard a lecture by art historian Louisa. She says the best book on the Scuola di San Rocco is by Tom Nichols. We passed by the Lido, both a beach and a residential area of Venice. It was unfortunate that as we passed Isola San Spiritu that the buildings on it are now abandoned. It has been a prison, an insane assylum, and a hotel. On San Clemente Island Hilton Hotels is now building a resort. We met Ray and Ada from Southern California. They got together over the Internet. She is of oriental background. When we came abreast of the inlet just north of Chioggia, we felt the swells of the Mediterranean Sea. Obviously this river cruise ship was not made for the open ocean. I couldn't figure out why Uniworld decided to bus us to Padua from Chioggia, when it's actually closer to Venice.Meer informatie