Venice

It’s a water world. A city built through Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures submerges into the water. More than anything else, Venezia is the city of style, grandeur and seem surreal.

From the train station, I started to get lost without a guide map. It was like a maze; on the other hand I was not trying to get out. It was a moment of wow after wow and wow again and again. I entered narrow alleys and always greeted by the amazing architectures, colorful artistic Venezian windows, stylish private boats parked like Mercedez in the neighborhood. The feeling was indescribable, my heart screamed!

The city was exceptionally planned, with public squares, parks filled and spaces filled with amazing basilicas, museums, homes, shops and cute places to sit and wonder, all connected through rainbow-shaped bridges. Beneath were the romantic kisses of lovers on a gondola ride. It was a delight to see water buses and water taxi stops at the red light traffic sign. Their water transportation was also efficient, with ticket inspectors checking passengers’ fare cards. On my way back to the train station from Piazza San Marco, I was charged 59 Euros because I wasn’t aware of tapping in my card at the point machine before the ride.

The maze was about to end when I reached Ponte dell’Academia, a love padlock bridge where one can wonderfully see the Grand Canal, considered to be the most beautiful street in the world. It was the view that brought me to enchanted reality with the most iconic Venice structures: the Santa Maria dela Salutte on the right and Gothic Academy of Fine Arts Venice on the left. I melted right away, dreaming of padlocking my heart and soul on that bridge to forever sight this enchanted view of the city.

Nearly from the bridge were the Piazza San Marco, the top destination and the end tip yet the heart of the city. My heart melted again seeing kids and adults with the pigeons. The whole plaza was surrounded by ancient basilicas, palazzos and everything classy: classical paintings, interiors, and statues, except for the huge mobile advertisement covering one side of the beautiful Palazzo Ducale.

Oh, Venezia, why are you so beautifully enchanting?

The waterbus station

Huhuhu that’s me!

Such a wonderful plaza less the LG mobile ad

Look at the traffic lights!

Another traffic light (back cover green)

Parked boats in the neighborhood

the love padlock bridge

The mouthwatering view of the Grand Canal