La Bella Vita Barge Cruise Photos

From: La Bella Vita Barge Cruise Review

Day 4: Cruising to Adria

A rainy spring had left the Po near flood levels, so we did much of our cruising in canals that followed the river inland. Here, La Bella Vita goes through a lock on the Canal Bianco while cruising from Taglio di Po to Adria.

During the morning, we cruised past farms, colorfully-painted houses, a shipyard, and a fireboat.

In this fisheye photo, deckhand Mattia Toninato watches as a drawbridge opens for La Bella Vita.

This bridge offered plenty of clearance--unlike another bridge, where the captain told us to sit or kneel on the sun deck to avoid head-to-girder collisions.

A map of the route made it easy to keep track of where we were cruising.

When we reached Adria, Captain Rudy set up the gangway while Mattia used a weed-trimmer to shorten the grass beyond the pier.