Venice
The transition from Venice Airport to the area of our accommodation was seamless. It's one of the less complicated cities to arrive to and work your way from the airport to where you are staying.
However...
When arriving to the street address of our Airbnb, we were confused to find what seemed like a few abandoned buildings accompanied by some locals who didn't look particularly appealing to approach. Upon walking up and down the street twice, a strange man asked us if we were "looking for accommodation?" without introducing himself. We obviously said we can't find our accommodation, and again without introducing who he was, commanded us to follow him into one of the abandoned buildings. Instinctively Skye and I followed him into the building looking at each other with questioned faces as he opened up the gated door to potentially the first ever elevator ever invented. Because the elevator was so small it could only fit us in it so he grabbed our bags, locked us in the elevator, pressed the button to go up and followed us up using the stairs that surrounded the elevator with our bags.
I've never felt such a mix of emotions in one event. First nervous and a little frightened that we were being kidnapped or robbed, then confused with this strange mans lack of logic, and finally a wave of humour at the story and memory this man had created.
Nonetheless, arriving at the intended floor, this man (slightly out of breath) opened the door which led to our accommodation and everything clicked into place that we were in the right place.
Our accommodation was outside of the centre of Venice so after settling in we had a quick shower and took the train connecting the beautiful metropolitan city to the remainder of Italy.
There was a strange feeling of nostalgia despite never being in Venice, let alone Italy, but it felt like all the pictures were coming to life as we crossed the main bridge from the train station and into the centre of Venice.
We enjoyed our evening walking the streets just awestruck by the beauty of the architecture and the vibrance of the streets.
The restaurants are incredibly tempting. But being on a budget, we found a quiet window shop selling freshly made pizza slices for 5 Euros. It felt like a dream standing on the railing of that bridge overlooking the canals with a slice of handmade pizza melting in our mouths.
To finish the night, we sat on the stairs of Sab Simeon Piccolo's Church across the bridge from the train station and watched the streams of people float by. We felt so safe here. And we were both hit with a wave of gratitude for our new lives.
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