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In Venice, Italy they don't have streets, they have canals.Today the water level reached onto the sidewalks- and I got some canal cred- |
The Boats Of Venice
I got a FB post saying "It’s like Disneyland", and in fact that was my first thought, and Vegas, the Venetian my next-
Venice Italy is however, a city built on the water, a working, living city, and everybody gets around in boats.
NO CARS! All the traffic is watewrborne-
All the emergency services--water ambulance , police boats, fireman; garage collection boats, Fidelity armored cash couriers.
All the delivery-boats that deliver goods of every sort; and all the postal service delivering packages letters.
So besides the stunning photos I took of the architecture and the canals, I was really amazed at the fact there were - I took a few shots-
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Venice Cash-Courier Boat |
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Garbage Collection |
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Police Boat plowing through the grand canal |
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Water Ambulance Behind Me,Taxi in Front. |
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A Simple Delivery Barge, the most common kind on the canals
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Emergency Services
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