A city built completely on water, Venice is truly a wonder of the world. Floating in the middle of a lagoon it is connected by waterways and bridges, boats are the main form of transportation, even the police will chase you down with the help of an outboard engine if it comes down to it. Except for the small part of the city where the train station is and a small parking lot, where people and tour buses park for the duration of their stay, the rest of the city is car, bus, tram and train free. You also don’t see many bicycles because most of the city is connected by bridges and staircases, its quite a hard city to cycle through, unless your one of those rock hopping super suspension mountain bikers. All this has had an effect on the pidgin community in Venice, that I’ve noticed, and have made them a bit slower then the average pidgin, because when I came towards a couple of them on my skateboard, it seemed like they had never seen something coming at them that fast before and I hit a couple of them.

Venice was an amazing city to explore, and the ground was a lot better then I had expected for skating around. Taking different water taxis to a bunch of the islands, jumping on and off and the rolling through the narrow alleys ways that eventually lead to grand plazas or the end of the island, the city certainly has its charm about it. At one point I was trying to get to the Arsenal where the Biennial was still on display and circled the thing on the outside looking for a way in. But as it was the former armory and fortifications to the city, that thing is like a fortress with some moats around it and is hard to get in. I guess thats why it make for such a great venue to show contemporary art.