USE LOTS OF SUNSCREEN!

Yesterday, we took the bus-boat to the public beach on the island 'Lido di Venezia'. It's a huge and popular beach, with lots of people and small booths. The temperature in the water was wonderful, it must have been close to 30'C/85'F!
After spending about 5 hours on the beach, getting hit on and licking the sun, we went to a restaurant for some dinner. My face was aready red then, even the waiters gave us some weird looks when we came in. After a couple of hours of getting looks from the people on the boat, the bus, on the streets and a guy trying to console us saying "You look nice", we ran to the camp showers. Cold water of course, hot water burnt even more.

Afterwards, we went to the camp's shop to buy a Coke. The chef laughed when he saw me, pointed at the Coca Cola's red-coloured paper, up to my face and back to the red paper. "No difference", he said jokingly..

When we woke up today, I was red as a tomato and my eyes were swollen. We shared a laugh, took a shower and stayed for a long while in the public area/restaurant. It hurt to move and wearing clothes was (and still is) a pain. We later searched in the neat book I bought before we left, "European Rail Timetable Summer 2011 Edition" of Thomas Cook, after a train from here to Verona. We then went to town to check up on our train, buying souvenirs and lunch, always trying to avoid the sun. People stared as we passed them and a couple of people in the shops commented saying things like "You should be more careful, protect yourself better", "The sun is not as strong in Norway, hm?", "You are red", "Hohoh!" Yes, It's THAT bad..

Tomorrow, we will, according to plan, take the 11:03 train to Verona. Hopefully, the sunburn has cooled and faded a little. I'm definitively going to buy a sunscreen with higher protection from now on.