Being in Venice is a nostalgic experience. The first time I experienced the city I was 11 and found it a profoundly mysterious place. My group (consisting of three other 11-year-olds, plus one cranky middle-aged chaperone) were taken to the outlying islands of Burano, Murano, and Torcello. Oh, the romance of the setting!
I went back in 2013 and much of the city’s mystery was gone. The canals stank. Everything looked smaller than they had been in my imagination. In other words, the Grand Canal had become but a little stream, and Venice itself was just a city with a terrible commute problem.
Posting for Jez’s Fan Of . . . Challenge.
Kanlaon 
4 responses to “I’m a Fan of … Venice”
The charms and wonders of the first time remain intact for the rest of the life.
It could be the same next time but not always.
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I went back once more, in 2017. I don’t remember much about that trip, at all!
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I’ve not been there since I was about 4 or 5; I remember it being a grand but bewildering place as well. The closest I’ve been since is to Venice, Los Angeles 😂
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Venice Los Angeles is a very very special place. Venice, Italy is like an itch you just have to scratch. It’s changed a lot — it’s a lot grimier than I remembered!
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