Venice

Venice is the most unique and interesting city I have visited thus far. The whole place is just completely different from anything else, and it is incredibly beautiful. I spent three days there at an incredible hostel that provided free supper in a family like setting so you had no choice but to meet people, then we all sat around and socialized, it was great. I spent my days seeing the sights and wandering around the city. I got lost many many times because in Venice getting from point A to point B is not a simple task due to the fact that the streets are narrow and winding and there are various bridges and dead ends, but the whole place is just beautiful. To give directions the Venetians give distances in number of bridges, but that can be misleading because there is no sense of uniformity of distance between the bridges, causing much confusion to tourists. I managed to get on a gondola ride, which is normally really expensive. A few people from the hostel got together and took the ride and we split the cost, It was really amazing and the gondolier acted as a tour guide. I also got to see St. Marks square and watch the sunset from the pier next to the ocean, very nice view. The only downside of Venice is that everything is very expensive, except for pizza which costs the same as the rest of Italy. I am now in Ljubljana, Slovenia and will write more from here and my next destination, Split, Croatia.