Imagine being situated only twenty minutes away from Venice, Italy. You have one day to spend touring and you can fulfil a lifelong dream of crossing small bridges in the city, sitting in a gondola and sailing the canals of Venice while the gondolier sings you some beautiful Italian song. Do you like the plan? Well, I have already visited Venice, my husband is not a big fan of tourist places, so for us, it would not be the perfect plan. Though, it doesn't mean it will not happen in a month or two, as maybe we will spend a bit more time there and not just one day. And then, maybe I can use the advice one hive friend suggested:
if there are many tourists, call out for bomb attacks the day before you plan the visit {LOL}
That could work well, but this time we opted for nature. In the company of some nice people - and dogs :D . A mini hive meet-up happened, a nice walk that @amico.sports, @ph1102, @bdog, @holydog and @mipiano took together in a place called Cimitero dei burci , close to a small village Silea (Treviso, Italy)
Having spent that so nice day out there, I was interested more in the place and which river it is, why the name of the place, what are those old wrecks are in the water etc. Amico sent me in Italian some information, so here comes my understanding and a very short summary of it.
The Burci Cemetery is an archaeological site in the province of Treviso, in a bend of the Sile river (between the new cut of the river and the branch of the dead river). It is situated in the protected natural area of the Sile River Regional Natural Park and its extension is about 15,000 square meters.
From the archaeological research carried out recently, it was discovered that between the years 1974-75 many traditional transport boats were abandoned at the site. Research is continuing to determine more information on the wrecks and on the history of the place which takes its name from the burci, a class of flat-bottomed river transport boats, typical of the Po Valley.
Historical sources show the presence of large transport boats on the Sile and various Venetian canals and rivers. The use of burci and other transport boats continues to be regularly documented in Veneto until the 1970s, but then road transport completely suppressed it. This area was the last of the Italian regions that abandoned river transport.
Currently, the area is used for other purposes. There are countless small bridges where you can cross the river and take really long walks. If you would like, you could go by bike or on foot to Munich in Germany from this place. Cool, isn't it?
We just walked and talked, and our guide was @holydog, a free spirit. He always goes first, he is checking is it safe for us to walk there, are there some squirrels, ducks or swans. He found plenty of all of them.
He found not only ducks, but also otters. We watched two otters swimming and washing their faces with their paws. They were cute.
The other dog, Bella aka @bdog was always with us. We even don't have to ask where is Bella, we know, she is always around our legs. Our shadow :)
In the same place, on the other side of the river, we came across an interesting building. It is now abandoned, but it used to be a corn oil factory. It gives a nice reflection in the water.
The day was warm, one of the warmest so far this summer season, at least that's what the locals said. But the walk through that greenery was pleasant and we didn't feel that heat as if we were walking in the city. The water certainly contributed to our feeling of freshness, but also the hunger came after that walk. There is a great pizzeria nearby, believe me, we ate the best pizza ever.
The evening came and we had to go to take a rest and continue with our trip the next morning. I said goodbye to this beauty and headed back to civilisation.
