Much of Venice is a Fish is about guiding the typical tourist to experience the best parts of Venice. All you have to do is listen, ask, see, or get lost.

In order to be found, you must first be lost. This can be taken in a multitude of ways. It could mean that you are lost in the streets and you can find the areas that no tourist knows about. Or it could mean that you can find out who you are while you are here. I have done both.

I got lost walking to AND from the San Marco Basilica. In doing so, I had found a piazza that was filled with children screaming and running around playing futbol, or what we call soccer. Just standing there and listening to the sounds of the piazza and watching the Venetians walk around was such a wonderful experience. It’s one of the many things I will never be able to forget about of this trip.

In the way of finding out who you are. I have found that I am learning and gaining so much from this trip. If you couldn’t tell from my last blog or through the one you are currently reading. I never thought I would connect the readings to Italy or to myself on this trip. But it’s happening. This trip is changing who I am and in this trip changing me, I am finding myself.

Another thing I learned while in Venice is that I should have brought my moleskin with me on the gondola. Which was amazing! It had such breathtaking views. However, what I really wanted to have it for was so that I could write down all the information and history that our gondolier was feeding us. The one time I had actually wanted my moleskin, I didn’t have it. I wanted it because our gondolier told us that the water was salt water, Venice was hand built from the water up, and it contains four hundred some odd bridges and one hundred some odd churches. He would tell us about what things were, especially churches. There was one that was from the 15th century. I wanted my moleskin so that I could get the exact number he said but sadly I didn’t have it. I really wish I had it with me!

Everything was a beautiful site and every turn was worth a picture. From the views off the bridges to the first site of the grand canal when one walks out of the train station and to each and every turn you make in the city. One of my favorite sites, besides the gondola of course, was San Marcos Basilica. The entire ceiling was gold but my favorite spot was on top of the roof. While I did have to pay 5 euros to get up there, it had such a beautiful view of the piazza and the water. Definitely worth the 5 euro! It was an amazing “free” day and was well spent learning new things about Venice and it’s history!