Normally when I post something about water in Venice, it's relating to Aqua Alta. Well, this morning I had Aqua Alta of a different kind, like I've not experienced before.
When I turned the water faucet on in the kitchen first thing this morning, there was very low water pressure. I thought that was odd, but got enough water to fill up the tea kettle, and went on about my morning routine. After my first cup of tea, I went to the shower. Not only was there low water pressure, there was no hot water at all. A cold shower was not what I really wanted first thing this morning.
I hopped out of that shower quickly, and went down the hall to wake Mike up. He got out of bed to see if he could figure out if there was something wrong with the caldaia (hot water heater). He couldn't find anything unusual, but he did agree with me there was something wrong. I had to get going to an appointment, so I took what my mother used to call an "Indian bath"- wash cloth and water fron the sink - very cold- and very quick. Not exactly how I wanted to start my day!
Off I went, heading towards St. Marks on the vaporetto. I was not happy with my water situation one bit, but hopeful that whatever was going on in the apartment building with the water would be resolved before the day was over. Just as we arrived at the San Zaccaria vaporetto stop, I noticed something very unusual on the sidewalk just in front of us. Take a look.....
My fellow vaporetto passengers were all pointing, exclaiming " Guarda (look), a geyser!"
Sure enough, there was water spouting everywhere from a hole in the street. Police had cordoned off the area and were standing guard to prevent passerby from walking in it. Workers had begun to set up the the platforms used for actual Aqua Alta days around the outskirts so people could bypass the mess. Seems a water pipe had burst. When I saw what was happening, I figured this just might explain why I didn't have hot water or much pressure for my shower.
Later in the day I saw a local newspaper article reporting the break in the pipe caused half of Venice to be without water this morning. Wasn't I lucky it was my half of Venice!
Thankfully my wish was granted, water was restored to normal by mid day. I'm calling it an Aqua Alta day. We're in Venice after all, this was water, and it was spouting pretty high.
When I turned the water faucet on in the kitchen first thing this morning, there was very low water pressure. I thought that was odd, but got enough water to fill up the tea kettle, and went on about my morning routine. After my first cup of tea, I went to the shower. Not only was there low water pressure, there was no hot water at all. A cold shower was not what I really wanted first thing this morning.
I hopped out of that shower quickly, and went down the hall to wake Mike up. He got out of bed to see if he could figure out if there was something wrong with the caldaia (hot water heater). He couldn't find anything unusual, but he did agree with me there was something wrong. I had to get going to an appointment, so I took what my mother used to call an "Indian bath"- wash cloth and water fron the sink - very cold- and very quick. Not exactly how I wanted to start my day!
Off I went, heading towards St. Marks on the vaporetto. I was not happy with my water situation one bit, but hopeful that whatever was going on in the apartment building with the water would be resolved before the day was over. Just as we arrived at the San Zaccaria vaporetto stop, I noticed something very unusual on the sidewalk just in front of us. Take a look.....
Sure enough, there was water spouting everywhere from a hole in the street. Police had cordoned off the area and were standing guard to prevent passerby from walking in it. Workers had begun to set up the the platforms used for actual Aqua Alta days around the outskirts so people could bypass the mess. Seems a water pipe had burst. When I saw what was happening, I figured this just might explain why I didn't have hot water or much pressure for my shower.
Later in the day I saw a local newspaper article reporting the break in the pipe caused half of Venice to be without water this morning. Wasn't I lucky it was my half of Venice!
Thankfully my wish was granted, water was restored to normal by mid day. I'm calling it an Aqua Alta day. We're in Venice after all, this was water, and it was spouting pretty high.
6 comments:
That is quite a geyser there lady. Sure glad it got sorted for you. Lack of a shower can really wreck one's day.
A dramatic sight. Thanks for sharing, Karen.
Wow, I'm glad we missed this :-)
Lucky it was not your own equipment which probably would have fallen to you to have fixed (and pay for). Not a great start to the day but at least you had some water for your tea (I'm a real grouch without my morning hot beverage!)
Rob- I think you would have been ok. It was all of Castello that was out of water for the morning. They got this fixed very quickly, thank goodness!
Dianne- I agree, I'd have been a monster without my morning cup of tea!
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