BBC News - Venice cruise ship size limit being brought in
I've always found these huge cruise ships rather vulgar; this was made most obvious to me when I worked at TomTom in Amsterdam, overlooking the cruise terminal, and I saw these great ugly floating blocks of brutalist flats floating by, interspersed with the occasional delight of a graceful ocean liner.
I've seen cruise ships arriving in Venice and it's a horrible sight; huge lumps of vulgarity ruining the sight of a city that is a monument to good taste and creativity, so I'm delighted that Venice city council has finally decided to take action. Perhaps it's appropriate that 'La Serenissima' takes a stand against vulgarity.
I hope, perhaps in vain, that this could enourage cruise companies to move back to more the more elegant design of the liner. Most liners have been scrapped now, but a few are still in existence. I came to Britain with my parents from Africa on an old liner that sailed to Bristol, and I remember trips to Liverpool to see liners arriving at the port there; a stunning sight alongside the 'Three Graces'.
Sorry if this is a bit Gricerish, but I like ships, especially elegant, sleek and gracious ships; at the same time I can't stand those floating lumps of ugliness called cruise ships.
Contrast the picture above with one of the few remaining ocean liners;
And the liner that brought me to Britain;
I've always found these huge cruise ships rather vulgar; this was made most obvious to me when I worked at TomTom in Amsterdam, overlooking the cruise terminal, and I saw these great ugly floating blocks of brutalist flats floating by, interspersed with the occasional delight of a graceful ocean liner.
I've seen cruise ships arriving in Venice and it's a horrible sight; huge lumps of vulgarity ruining the sight of a city that is a monument to good taste and creativity, so I'm delighted that Venice city council has finally decided to take action. Perhaps it's appropriate that 'La Serenissima' takes a stand against vulgarity.
I hope, perhaps in vain, that this could enourage cruise companies to move back to more the more elegant design of the liner. Most liners have been scrapped now, but a few are still in existence. I came to Britain with my parents from Africa on an old liner that sailed to Bristol, and I remember trips to Liverpool to see liners arriving at the port there; a stunning sight alongside the 'Three Graces'.
Sorry if this is a bit Gricerish, but I like ships, especially elegant, sleek and gracious ships; at the same time I can't stand those floating lumps of ugliness called cruise ships.
Contrast the picture above with one of the few remaining ocean liners;
And the liner that brought me to Britain;
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