We missed the really bad acqua alta

When we arrived in Venice the was some discussion about the water being high, but it did not seem to be a problem for delivering us to our hotel. When we left the hotel we noticed what appeared to be tables about three feet high that stretched across our little Campo d'Moise. Hmmm... What could those be?

When we reached St. Marks we realized that the tables were in fact the walkways that were used during the acqua alta. In the square there were large puddles of water, and several places people were using the walkways or wading through the water (5-6 inches deep). The large puddles were easy to avoid, but as we were leaving the square we noticed water bubbling up or down the drains in the middle of the square. All over the town we saw the walkways ready to be deployed in case of high water, but we were lucky and the weather was beautiful.



However, the weather was just waiting for us to leave! According to the news, this is almost the worst acqua alta in memory! Ack!