Of Mountains and Deserts

Venice is one of the most epic locations that I have ever been to. I believe one of the reasons that added to its epic-ness was also the surrealism of the place. Traveling to Venice was quite an adventure just in itself as we got stuck in the biggest traffic jam in the history of Italy. A trip that was supposed to take about 4 hours ended up taking about 12, as we decided to travel on the day when everyone in Italy came back from their holiday. However, the many sites that we saw on the way to Italy were amazing, and we had plenty of time to notice.

When we finally arrived in Venice at around 11:30pm, just in time to catch the last waterbus into the city, we could not fully see the city as it was dark and we didn’t know how long it took for us to enter Venice. Well, when the waterbus turned a corner…there it was, I was in awe. The only way I can explain the feeling is surreal, eerie, and somewhat trippy, here was Venice with all the little cafes and restaurants sitting right off the water, the Mediterranean architecture lit only by candlelight. It was just wild, as we thought it would take a little while to enter and then just after a corner here it was, it was hard to fully comprehend that I had entered Venice. Whenever I go back I will only enter this way again, as it seemed the perfect entrance to a city such as it.

Venice was indeed an epic city in its own right; entering Venice felt like stepping back to another time in history where there were no vehicles, not even bicycles, the only transportation was your own feet or boats which took you up and down the canals. There was an amazing new site to see in every corner I turned while exploring the city.

I chose the song Western Eyes by Portishead to capture the feeling of my entrance into Venice. I hope with this song you too can visualize riding slowly down the Grand Canal into a very dimly lit and quiet Venezia.