This week's walk is to the beautiful seaside tourist town of Jesolo in Italy, however it was cut short after a huge storm came and we needed to make a run for it.
With the weather not being so good, we decided go and head for a walk around Jesolo and visit an arcade center for the kids to play in on the main street.
If you do not know Jesolo, it is a popular tourist destination with a huge sandy beach and a main road running inside abit but parallel to it with lots of nice eateries, shops and attractions for people to walk up and down.
I have been many times and they also have a huge Big Wheel giving some great views, although not nice if you do not like heights. The town is not far from Venice, but I don't think it is as popular for sure.
After parking, we heading onto the main street and toward our destination. It was still dry at this point but not so sunny. Possibly we were in the eye of the storm, I didnt check the weather too closely.
We were then shocked to see that a huge tree had fallen directly on the arcade center we had planned fo visit. It had hit the balcony of one person living above there and a large crowd were gathered.
The fire brigade were also there with a chainsaw cutting away at the 🌲 tree on their lift ramp thingy. Luckily no one had been hurt or injured as we could see.
We could only wonder if this was The Butterfly Effect in action? What if we had come earlier and it had fallen while we were there?
It is best not to think about these things, but it looks like a lucky escape.
The kids saddened not being able to play and plans changed, we headed to a nearby ice parlor. It is well known the best ice cream is from Italy and in Jesolo this was clear to see.
At €2 a scoop, it was the priciest ice cream we have bought this season, but it was great tasting and worth it.
The main street is lined with, I think pine trees which provide some great shade from the hot summer sun and provides some reprieve from the heat. We continued our walk and were checking out some of the many places to eat along the way.
All of the shops and restaurants have a nice cosy and enticing feel to them and makes you feel at home. As the stormy weather was approaching, the streets became more empty.
I spotted an English pub even and went over to check it out.
The pub was closed as it seems it opens only from 6pm and maybe was staying closed because of the coming storm. The pub was called The Black Cat which seemed a cute name.
I haven't been to an English pub in a few years, so was curious what was on the menu. I dont know if you can see from the menu, but there was your usual fare of burgers and chips type thing.
I saw they also had a breakfast menu and an English Breakfast that cost €15.
The storm was closing in and a shopkeeper was packing everything away and told us to take some cover. We decided to head back go a restaurant we saw that looked a good place to see out the storm.
Once there, we sat down and checked out the menu.
That concludes my Wednesday Walk for today!
