WHEN IN ITALY / VENICE

 This was my second time visiting Venice and I fell in love with this city even more. It's such an extraordinary city, it actually blows my mind. There are many incredible cities in the world but this one has a special place in my heart and I really wouldn't mind to come back there many times more.

I have a strange habit of thinking whether I could live in the cities I visit or not. I will probably never live in the majority of these cities ( hope at least not all of them) but it just happens to me without thinking too much. If I really like a city, I immediately think "Man, this is a very nice place, I could totally live here someday"
If we talk about Venice, I probably couldn't live there, despite the fact that I really really like this city. Both times I've been there, it was crowded so much that there are places you actually have to stand in the line to move around. I am not the biggest fan of this but at the same time, this city looks somewhat daunting to me even when it's crowded, I imagine the empty Venice is quite a scary Venice. No wonder thriller movies have been filmed there. I can't pinpoint what exactly scares me there but I can totally imagine this city at night, without lights in these tiny streets, without people around and scary creatures coming to life. This is absolutely not true but my imagination is a powerful thing. Maybe that's the water that this city is surrounded by (I'm not a fan of deep waters), maybe the thought that this city is sinking every day, maybe all these masks around which are beautiful yet really frightening, maybe those tiny streets that I wouldn't really like to walk alone but there is definitely something really special about this place in the world.
When you are in the main square which is full of noise, people and is just simply crowded, you would never understand what I mean, only those tiny empty streets near the water could show you the real Venice. This is a very beautiful city and I feel really grateful that I've got to see it twice already and I'm really hoping to spend a night there sometime in my life because I'm pretty sure it would be an amazing experience.
This time it was again a very boiling hot day there, so these tiny streets have helped a lot when we needed to cool down a bit and find some shadow. One thing that is a must in Italy is to get pizza of course and we had the best pizzas in the nicest little restaurant. Can I also talk about the Italian people? They are so beautiful! Men of course are gorgeous but ladies are also so pretty and so stylish, it was really nice to watch them walking around.