First day in Venice

Venice is such a cool city - not only because of the waterways, but because the place is just so old. It feels like it is in another century. The buildings are ancient and the “streets” are mostly cobblestone alleyways. Because of that, and also the fact that Google maps does not seem to know where half of the bridges are (and to get from point A to B you are generally crossing several bridges), this is the most difficult city to navigate I have ever been to - but that makes walking around pretty fun! It’s a really beautiful place and there is a ton of art exhibitions around right know because the Bienalle is going on right now - an art event every other year where every country sends an artist to make an exhibit. Pretty cool. I only had time to check out one exhibit (not formally part of Bienalle, like an off-broadway kind of vibe) of Spanish artist Antoni Clavé called the spirit of the warrior - it was pretty dark abstract art based on his time as a soldier and POW in the Spanish civil war. There was also another exhibit at that place called vampires in space that seemed super cool but I only got to go in for a second because they were closing. It was free so I may go back later. I got some amazing seafood pasta for dinner - of course seafood seems like the thing to eat here.Read more