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6pm. Challenges of acquiring food when a tourist region went into vacation mode itself. And that's already after having given in to cash being mandatory and non-negotiable. Hunting summer stories in old meadows, while the church clock keeps cautious track of fleeing time.
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#later that day later that night
Lots of pictures of Padova and Venice, featuring a medieval dungeon-observatory, Giotto's spectacular chapel, and endless canals.
https://astrorhysy.blogspot.com/2024/07/perambulations-in-padova.html
Hinter den Hügeln: Kornblumen, trockene Wiesen, Rost und Staub auf alten Leitplanken. Ein großer weißer Stern vor dem dunklen Holz eines Umgebindehauses. Luft flimmert über heißer Fahrbahn. Kurz nach Mittag, und der Ort liegt wie im Schlaf.
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#summer moves on
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Blick, nochmal, über Gelände, Dächer, Zaun. Man nimmt ein Stück Geschichte mit und lässt eines dafür hier. Die Mauern duften nach Sommern und Zeit und inmitten der Häuser blühen Beeren, Sträucher, Gras. Ein kurzer Abschied, dann Straße. Asphalt unter den Rädern, und fast ein Anschein von Dämmerung im Weiß hinter den Bäumen.
I had really not much idea what to expect of Venice but I have to say I instantly loved it. It's a tourist trap to be sure, but it's a tourist trap for a very good reason. Like other tourist hotspots, parts are extremely crowded, but mainly only at the choke points - other parts are busy, but not unusually so. And plenty of streets, even very picturesque ones with beautiful canals and cute little bridges by the dozen, are totally empty. The canals really are almost everywhere, not just some gimmick (even if the obligatory gondolas surely are).
Having spent last weekend absolutely baking in the 31 C heat and humidity of Padova, I wasn't sure that Venice would be a good idea even for a day trip. I don't get on well with heat or humidity and throw crowds into the mix and I'm not usually a happy camper. But it was only €5 for the train trip (and the same for the tourist tax) and I didn't have anything else to do today.
Fortunately in the morning, the small shady streets and sea breeze were enough to fend off the worst of the heat, and though busy, it wasn't the standing-room-only nightmare I envisaged except in a very few select spots. By mid-afternoon the temperature became much more oppressive though, at which point I retreated.
I would recommend Venice to just about everyone. It's a great place to get lost in, highly varied, cafes and restaurants aplenty, endless things to see, with a really nice, relaxed, convivial atmosphere about it. I'll definitely be coming back in the off-season.
Last Saturday...
So, last Sat we drove out to Owensboro KY to look at a truck, a truck I wasn’t going to buy that day, and perhaps not buy at all. And we live in Hazelwood, MO, heck of a drive right?
The truck in question was a 93 Utilimaster Aeromate, something you’ve prolly never heard of, right? It’s a step van based on a Dodge Caravan… Yes, really. It was quite a bit larger than I thought, I mean a Caravan would likely be a bit bigger than I need, but I figured this’d be slightly bigger than that and easy to repair, so it’d be worth considering, but not serious over kill. Yeah, about that. Also it needs some work, but for the price, $2500, it’s a killer deal, $10K is not an uncommon price for these vans as they’re as rare as hen’s teeth, and popular as food trucks. Of course I need something I can drive home.
Admittedly though, like I said, I wasn’t planning on buying it, I do gig delivery work and some have age rules, like Frayt requires the vehicle to be no more than 20 years. My main gig doesn’t care, but something that old brings with it the potential for me to lose a lot if not all of my back up gigs, so if I had wanted it, I was going to have to spend some time pouring over terms of service to see if it was allowed.
Now the funny part of all that, is that we did the trip using my husband’s Bolt EUV. Yep, electric car, and I wound up doing the last portion of the drive. On the drive back, I amused m'self by seeing if'n I could beat the estimate from the last charge to home, 22 miles. Ended with 36, which is impressive considering that this was a long non-stop trip, compared to my job which is package delivery routes with a lot of stopping and starting, which will make good use of the regenerative braking to extend my range. Boy, if'n I can do this on a long drive, what can I do at work?
Considering that my entire vehicle list, or at least the top three is Aeromate, Kei Van and Bolt. Kei van might not be insurable as I need commercial insurance, and regular insurance are big fans of them, so on a commercial policy? Well, we’ll see if'n my current or potential future will allow that.
If not, Bolt, not Bolt EUV, there’s not real advantage in what I do to the EUV. The slightly bigger EUV is a bit squarer, that’s a plus, but the extra size is in the wheel base, specifically the rear foot space, great if'n you do Über or Lyft, but not real useful for package delivery. I mean sure, I could take out the back seat and throw down some plywood which’ll give me a slight increase in space, but it’s prolly not worth it. Why? Well, Bolts tend to run around $15K, EUVs tend to start at $20K. EUVs lose around 5 or 10 miles of range, nothing real special, and they have a slightly larger turning circle. That last one is a big deal for me unlike most people, after all in my job I have to turn around a lot, and U-turns are safer than K-turns. In the end, it comes down to price, I pay more for something that has little to no real advantage.
So, while I’d love a town box (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubis…), likely I’ll wind up with a Bolt, but time will tell.
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Moving.
♲ Kristian - 2024-07-05 15:17:47 GMT
In motion. #outerworld #travel
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Zwischen den Orten und immer zu schnell. Das Ziel im Rücken, müden Schwindel im Geiste, der lang braucht, sich wieder zu ordnen. Das Bewegte von Bahnhöfen, Aufeinandertreffen und Abschied und Eile und zu viele Menschen und plötzlich sitzt man wieder im Garten, mit eigenem Kaffee und Gebäck vom anderen Ende der Reise, und ringt damit, Realitäten übereinanderzubringen. Zwielicht, Wind, Spatzen. Die Woche geht.
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11am. Withdrawing from the bustling city. On the roof once again, with all the different means of transportation passing by in plain sight. Could stay a bit longer. Yet, too: Ready to go, somehow.
Plötzlich Wolkennacht und feiner, dichter Regen. Menschen strömen in ähnliche Richtungen, Wasser steht über Gullis und in Straßenbahngleisen. Wer kann, wartet in einem Durchgang oder unter einem Erker. Telefonate, zufällige vorübergehende Gemeinschaften, und neben allem der Lärm von Reifen auf nassem Asphalt, der Glanz der Scheinwerfer unter dunklem Himmel.
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#different concrete same cold
(Anderswo ringen Natur und Verfall mit Beton. Einzelne Laternen auf Plattenbrache. Disteln, hohes Gras. Wege aus kantigen Steinen, Stahl, Rost. Abseits der Zentren lebt Infrastruktur in Pragmatismus, und vielleicht sind Vororte und Randgebiete die Stellen, an denen Städte sich ganz ungeschützt und nackt offenbaren.)
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#different concrete same cold