
Charming, but not nearly as fun as elsewhere. Venice was basically built as the European equivalent of Las Vegas, and it does show through. The city isn’t full of culture and interesting cafes, but rather, souvenir shops, and restaurants. They all look the same making it incredibly easy to lose your sense of direction.
Still beautiful though. I went out and wandered the city, then took the water taxi back from almost the end of it’s route.

friends on a canal boat

view from the water taxi

I stayed at a really shady hostel. does ‘the staff will be hurt’ mean they will be beaten?