Josh took a trip to Venice recently. There he saw all types of working boats. Here is his report.
1. Gondola: A gondola is an old fashioned Venice boat. It has one big oar and is a long narrow boat. Right how it is used for tourists. Before it was used like a taxi to get people from one place to another.
2. Vaparetto: A vaparetto is a Venetian type of bus. It's back is like a usual bus with lots of seats. But it is a boat. It's used to carry people from one stop to another.
3. Garbage scow: Garbage scows are like garbage trucks. They have an arm which picks up the garbage cans, like the ones in Vancouver, and empies them into the boat. They are green and they don't smell very good.I also saw boats which ar ambulances, police boats, fire boats, and taxis (actual taxis-not gondolas).
3 comments:
I liked this blog because I think the whole idea of a city built on the water is really neat. Going from place to place without cars, but instead by boats must be exciting. I wonder if people that live there ever get seasick, or maybe if you are born there you don't even notice anymore. Are there any fish in the canals? Can people go fishing right out their bedroom windows? When it rains alot do the houses get flooded or do they float on the water going up and down as the water rises and falls? Venice seems like such an interesting place. I wish I could go there once too.
I thought the gondala boat was the coolest because i liked the way it looks.
Hi. Yes, there are fish in the canals. Just little sardine or minnow kinds of fish. The seagulls like them. I haven't seen anyone fishing out their windows, they might catch a boat propellor and the water is sort of mucky - probably not good fish to eat. Venice is on very low islands, the houses can't float but the water is rising and because of global warming all of Venice could go under water in a little while. I think Venice is a pretty interesting place too. Joshua
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