Virtual cruise from Venice along the river Po with the option to learn some Italian

Can you try this link please?

LINK > w3w.co/retained.topmost.weekend

Yes, that link works on my phone, but then my phone starts shuddering around, going onto all kinds of things it shouldn't, such as my contacts list, and the people I have spoken to or messaged.
It tries to message them, amdxo often does phone people when I I hadn't intended to.

StarDreamer

Is it sea water or rain water?

Or what please?

Acqua alta is the term used in Veneto, Italy for the exceptional tide peaks that occur periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea.

Ooh how I would love to feel that water lapping around my feet!
They are hot and swollen; I swear it would cure all my ills!

youtu.be/Of_QA1-kFV4

MissAdventure

Yes, that link works on my phone, but then my phone starts shuddering around, going onto all kinds of things it shouldn't, such as my contacts list, and the people I have spoken to or messaged.
It tries to message them, amdxo often does phone people when I I hadn't intended to.

Oh.

Did Google street view work the first way I wrote about?

That latest link uses the What Three Words system.

LINK > what3words.com/about

Maw, does it do damage, like it does here when areas flood?

MissAdventure

Ooh how I would love to feel that water lapping around my feet!
They are hot and swollen; I swear it would cure all my ills!

Could you get a washing up bowl at home and pretend?

Perhaps watch the video while you soak your feet!

The link you put up just now worked without driving my phone into a frenzy, stardreamer.

I didn't try the earlier ones; I know it sounds ridiculous, but it's really tiring for me to do things like that these days.

Can one do the equivalent of a mouse drag on a mobile phone?

As in, can one drag the orange pegman in Google maps so as to link in to Google street view?

I do have an old washing up bowl, but I have seen online a collapsible, silicone type feet soaker.
It looks much easier than sloshing around a big bowl.

Again, silly, but I had a long hospital appointment and it's taken all my energy for now.

It would do my feet a power of good though, I know. (Amd probably make me feel better inyself)

eGJ Thanks for sharing that link; fab to watch, it felt just like being there again!

Yes, I think it's possible to drag things on a phone.
Better on a newer one than mine, I expect.

Have you been there, chewbacca?
In that watery cafe??

Oh, about 15 years ago now MissAdventure, But I doubt it's changed much. When I looked at the video that eGj provided, I spotted a cafe/bar, just at the top of the square, that I recognised having sat outside for coffee and cakes. I remember that it was eye wateringly expensive if you sat outside, rather than inside!

MissAdventure

Yes, I think it's possible to drag things on a phone.
Better on a newer one than mine, I expect.

Thank you.

Oh, well there are some videos of Bamberg in the river Main virtual cruise thread, including one of Bamberg cathedral, including going inside.

Two of the videos are POPtravel videos.

Well, I'm glad they've discovered this before we set sail on Friday!

An unexploded World War Two bomb submerged in an Italian river has been revealed due to an extreme drought.
The 450kg (1,000lb) bomb was found by fishermen on the banks of the depleted River Po.
The bomb was found by fishermen on the bank of the Po river and the unexploded device, which Italian military officials said contained 240kg (530lb) of explosive, was discovered near the Lombardy village of Borgo Virgilio in July.

Actually the plan is to set off next Monday, after looking around Venice over the weekend.

I thought this best in case some participants migt be busy over the weekend.

When should we started going through the Italian course together? And at what pace? Maybe one lesson each day, which is perhaps what people would keep up doing. So each of those circles is anything from two to six lessons.

I am planning to reset to zero when the cruise gets underway.

I suppose it depends on how many people participate, though maybe some people will follow the thread and do the Duolingo course yet not post.

And we are also looking to find out about places in the valley of the river Po as we proceed.

It might work out well.

The weekend to explore is a good idea, I've got the Google maps now.

I might have to tag along with people who know Venice better than I do.
Yes, it's the light from above and on the water that seems to give the place its mystical quality. I remember the book "Death in Venice" by Thomas Mann at uni. (Being a cheat I used to read it in English first) and the beautiful whispy cover used to draw me in. Actually if I remember, the story was all about being held captive by something (someone) that is unattainable. I might have to read it again to get in the mood before we explore.

The 1971 Visconti film is very atmospheric and beautiful and worth watching, but of course has turned out to be very controversial in the area of the treatment of child actors.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-pxn49yWVJk

Not to mention “Don’t look now”. Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie ??

And “that” scene…?
Watched it with Italian boyfriends family, sitting next to his Dad ??

I know! ???

If anybody is interested in getting g a “true” flavour of Venice, not just the usual tourist stuff, I do recommend looking up Francesco da Mosta (even if he was a grumpy git at your book signing Kate !) There may be repeats of his progs on iPlayer.
Scion of one of the old Venetian families, brought up in a palazzo etc etc, he does give a real feel for life in Italy, and especially in Venice.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007zq9t

Or alternatively (or as well) try the wonderful Guido Brunetti books by Donna Leon who knows so much about Venice you would swear she is a Venetian, but she’s not!