After it was time to leave Rome, I decided that my next destination was Venice. I had met some other travelers at the hostel in Rome who were traveling to Venice as well, and I decided to take the same train they did.
The hostel we stayed at was more like an eight-floor hotel than a hostel. It was definitely the biggest hostel I’ve stayed at so far.
Venice itself is on an island, and has pretty much no cars on the island proper. It’s really easy to get lost there. All the streets are narrow and twisty, and don’t connect to each other in any sensible way.
There’s a big plaza in the center of Venice that has actually been designated as a world heritage site.
As I took that picture I was facing away from the most notable feature of the plaza, the big church.
The church has a bell tower they let people up into.
There’s a nearby island that is used as the graveyard. Being an island, they are kind of short on space, so people these days are only buried there for 20 years or so before being moved to a different location. There are some really old graves though. The most famous person I found was Igor Stravinsky
Despite dying nearly fifty years ago, people still regularly come and put flowers and notes in his grave. A testament to how influential a composer he was, I suppose.
I’m in Interlaken, Switzerland now. It’s a beautiful area. But that’s a separate update. Until next time!