Escaping the Veneto heat
Covered Awnings Keep Tourists Cool Suddenly Summer arrived and it is hot here in the Veneto. Mornings are quite nice, but by 11:00 the sun is cooking the pavement and the humidity keeps clothes sticking to body parts. I begin to miss living in New Mexico where the weather is dry, and even when it is hot, it is bearable. People here scheme to escape the heat, my friends go to the beach nearby and lie on beach chairs under an umbrella during the weekend. My neighbors stay inside and serenade us with their air conditioners. We scheme and plan our own getaway. We, quite often, escape to Croatia, the country just across the Adriatic from Venice. Three hours from our village, a long the shores are huge huge campgrounds with restaurants along the beach and lots of trees and grass. The place near where we go actually has 3 restaurants and a huge pool for those folks not wanting to swim in the sea. If you walk to the south end of this campground you wil