In a resort area near Venice last week, a tourist from Austria was fined 1,000 Euros for purchasing a fake Louis Vuitton purse from a street vendor on a beach.
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Venice
Venice has long had a shortage of public toilets, and restaurants in general try to turn away non-paying customers who want to use the facilities. But now there’s a solution.
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Venice has just gone through the fourth highest high tide in the past 136 years. Aqua alta, as the Venetians call these high tides, are a normal occurrence. The town has a series of signal sirens that warn the population of the impending flooding and walkways are set up to allow residents to move throughout the city.
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Last year I spent the entire month of August in Venice. I’m back again this year, but only for two weeks. I take this time as an opportunity to step off the everyday world. Venice is different to say the least — no cars, no buses, lots of church bells, canals everywhere. No place else on this planet is quite the same.
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Airlines are raising prices of on-board snacks. Passengers already can’t bring their own liquids from home and tighter enforcement of carry-on rules may make bringing food on the plane more difficult. Now Rome is banning snacks on the Spanish Steps. What’s next?
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Whenever we travel, we hope to find the perfect guidebook that fits our interests and speaks to us. Unfortunately, those guidebooks are hard to find and rarely exist. In the case of Venice, with literally centuries of guidebooks to choose from, decisions are harder. My advice is to take more than one.
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