Sun

Mondays are quiet days for the Venice Biennale. With most of the pavilions and collateral events around Venice closed, and the Giardini also shut for the day, it is an excuse to explore some other parts of Venice and the surrounding areas.

 

Mint magic

In the name of relaxing, Robyn and I took a short vaparetto ride to Lido, an 11km long sand bar that is a popular holiday spot for many Venetians. It also has roads, with cars and buses to boot, a strange sight after a few weeks in Venice.

 

Beach huts

We hired (Dutch!) bikes and rode straight to the far end of the island to a beautiful stretch of beach. After a few hours sitting under mint and white striped umbrellas, psyching ourselves up to go in to the water – a New Zealand habit that is pretty redundant on the Adriatic coast – we had a lovely swim, and a ride along the south side of the island, and past a series of hand-made beach-side huts.

Back to the hustle of San Marco.