July 2025
This city was visited as part of an expedition to see various old European prisons
The following cities were visited:
London, Reading, Milan, Padua, Venice, Udine, Sagrado, Gorizia, Nova Gorica, Brno
I basically had no particular opinion about Venice: they say it stinks and there are lots of tourists. Doesn't stink, but tourists - shitloads, reason being - like Paris, it's - the only European city they've heard about in third world countries like USA and China.
What really pissed me off, on the train about 5 minutes before arrival they tell you in Italian that entrance to the city is paid. No joke, arrived = pay. And the ticket costs more if you didn't buy it in advance. We were lucky - on a weekday didn't need to. But che cazzo, still.
Actually, Venice is pretty cool
Everything as you'd expect
Boat-things
Water-stuff
Statue-things
Square-stuff
Museum-things
Market-stuff
Alley-things
Turtles on each other - main impression of the day
Actually, Venice surprisingly worked for me. How easy to impress me when there are no cars around
Can send a complaint
Gondolas are expensive, but looks, overall, fine
Lots of people
Girls photograph themselves, boys - a duck. Can't put into words how much people photograph themselves there (and I - them)
Towards evening the city is especially cozy
On the walls they don't like Bezos, future generations can google why
And Venice can absolutely calmly be recommended to everyone
