Venice is gorgeous! I can’t believe I actually went…upon returning, it can seem a bit like a dream.

I would have loved for my fiance to have been there with me…we could have rode in a gondola together. That’s the tradition, yes? But of course you see lots of silly tourists piled in to one together…which I suppose is alright, but I thought it was a tradition for lovers.

I loved just walking all over this city…with only a map purchased at a small kiosk upon arrival.

Like all other tourist attractions, there were shops upon shops of tacky souvenirs which I tried to avoid. Why waste time buying silly masks that were probably made in Taiwan? It’s better instead to wander around and end up wherever you end up…of course after you have seen the major attractions. I found a little staircase at the end of a small alleyway, sat there and claimed it as my own. I imagine I’ll go back there someday, the next time with my husband.

Of course things were expensive, by the way…but things of quality usually are.