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Venice, Rise of the Swiss Surfer

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d4d
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Switzerland1066 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-11-02 22:35:03
November 02 2007 22:22 GMT
#1
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Dude, I have been surfing.

In 2004, I visited L.A. I stayed in Hollywood for a week and concluded that L.A. sucked big time.
So I came to Venice with a lot of bad preconception about the place.

Oh, boy, am I glad I went to Venice. Because now, I still think L.A. suck, but I know there is a place that doesn't, and this place is Venice.

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Venice is known to GTA players as Verona beach. It is a place where you can skate, roller blade, surf, bike, play beach volley, basketball and lift weight.

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Sufficient to say, after nearly a month of fast food and no activities whatsoever (except if you count walking thousands of miles visiting the different cities I went through) I finally reached a haven of sports.

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I even did Yoga there.

Switzerland is not a sea country. We have lakes, and big one at that, but no oceans and no salty water whatsoever. So it is always a pleasure for me to meet up with the big one, and dive in it. I also had never surfed in my life. So I went and stayed for hours in a wetsuit, waiting for my wave. I felt like a less pretty Keanu Reeve, but strait.

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I never achieved standing position, but that was fun.

I biked and played beach volley, but I spent a large amount of my time just hanging around Venice and looking at the hobos and weirdos that inhabit the place.

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I met the french community of Venice, surrounded by beautiful women looking for American husband, green card style (if any of you guys want to make a buck helping a beautiful girl staying in the US, contact me by PM)

Sea, surf and sun.

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*****
luck is not a factor
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CustomXSpunjah
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States1093 Posts
November 02 2007 22:51 GMT
#2
i agree i love venice, although i am about 10 minutes south of there, i still try to go up there as much as possible there is so much culture and art!
try vising all the beach spots in LA you'll change your mind. Manhattan-hermosa-malibu-torrance all pretty fun
beware, the rise of the Protoss is upon us!
fanatacist
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
10319 Posts
November 02 2007 22:56 GMT
#3
I still love your photo guides <3
Peace~
DeadVessel
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States6269 Posts
November 02 2007 23:14 GMT
#4
You look hot in that yoga picture but the surfing is much hotter :D.

good pictures d4d and good title ^^ 5/5
FuDDx *
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States5015 Posts
November 02 2007 23:50 GMT
#5
i hope all agree that you sir need to post more often with yiour travel photos. ^_^ Im glad youre having fun in L.A. if you have a chance hit up the Magic castle. on franklin in hollywood.http://www.magiccastle.comBe safe have fun and keep smiling.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Balloon-Man-FuDD/237447769616965?ref=hl
Physician *
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4146 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-11-03 05:36:21
November 03 2007 05:34 GMT
#6
he is long gone from venice now... plus he cries like a baby if u make him watch foreign films dubbed in English (he insists on subtitles)
"I have beheld the births of negative-suns and borne witness to the entropy of entire realities...."
d4d
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Switzerland1066 Posts
November 03 2007 22:53 GMT
#7
Thank you all for your kind words...
As physician says, I am long gone from Venice now.

And I do not cry, I just happend to believe dubbed movies are dumb. It's like eating an icecream with the paper around it.
luck is not a factor
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Snet *
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States3573 Posts
November 04 2007 19:55 GMT
#8
looks like a great time


tried surfing once, got owned
Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
November 05 2007 14:49 GMT
#9
On November 04 2007 07:53 d4d wrote:
Thank you all for your kind words...
As physician says, I am long gone from Venice now.

And I do not cry, I just happend to believe dubbed movies are dumb. It's like eating an icecream with the paper around it.


Totally agree, I can't stand it if something isn't in the original language with subtitles. I just wouldn't feel like I would be watching the original thing.
Masamune
Profile Joined January 2007
Canada3401 Posts
November 06 2007 06:00 GMT
#10
d4d why are you in America? Are you doing the same thing TKWL did a few months back, touring across the country? Sorry if I missed one of your other posts about this, but I liked the pictures and wanna see more! 5/5!!!!!!!!!
FuDDx *
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States5015 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-11-06 16:32:56
November 06 2007 16:32 GMT
#11
subtitles ftw ^_^ though if tired dubbed can be a plant lovers best friend.

and poster above yes you can see more of his blogs about his travels well in his blogs ^_^
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Balloon-Man-FuDD/237447769616965?ref=hl
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