Film festival update...or not

Saturday night we headed off to Lido, a little bit later than usual after having bruschetta and beer at a cafe near the apartment. On arrival we caught the right number bus but running in the wrong direction. By the time we worked out what was happening and the bus headed back we had missed the opening of the first film (and you're not allowed in once the film starts). Hmmm. We thought about the second film, Alps, which is a Greek film and knew that the subtitles were going to be a problem sitting low, as they are, under the screen. Headed back to the main island for a beer and an early night.
Sunday was the Regatta Storica - a celebration of gondolas - with a procession and racing on the Grande Canal. Vaporettos (the Venice water bus) were due to resume service at "about 7pm", which is about the time we need to leave on the 40 minute trip to Lido. Things were running late and there was no way we would make the first film. Instead, we thought, we'll go to the open air cinema in Campo San Polo, just near the apartment, which shows the festival films the day after screening. We could see Contagion, which we missed on Saturday night. Just as the film began at 9pm the thunderstorm we had been watching approach broke - up went the umbrellas throughout the audience, plastic ponchos were donned and some just braved the rain. It didn't last long - that first time - and then the umbrella was up and down intermittently. About halfway through the film the storm really hit and the projector was turned off. I think Brent would still have stayed if the film was running - his theory being that your seat stayed dry if you didn't stand up! So we saw the first half of Contagion but then had to take our sodden bods home!