My next trip….Venice, Italy

So after searching and searching and searching I finally found and bought a ticket to Venice.  I didn’t know exactly where I wanted to go during my spring break, so I had been looking online forever.  Looking on the internet for flights and hotels is not my favorite thing to do. 

I’m really excited to go to Venice.  I remember going to the Stone Arch Art Festival in Minneapolis.  I saw an artist there that was selling these amazing photographs of his trip to Venice.  The buildings and the colors were just amazing.  I hope to see and have the opportunity to take some pictures like he did. 

This trip I’m actually going to go by myself.  I was inspired recently to travel solo after my roommate did the same when she went to Lisbon just recently.  So I guess I’m still a bit nervous about traveling by myself, but I’m sure that all will go just fine. 

I have found that traveling with someone else has its pros and cons.  You get to experience new things, chat at dinners, explore the city and culture together when you have a traveling partner.  Sometimes though I think when you are with someone else you have a little bit of a cultural “shield” on while you are in a foreign city.  Things that might make you nervous or scared are diminished because you are with someone else.  I had a time in Istanbul (which I think I talked about on this blog) where I was by myself for ½ of the day, and it was definitely a different yet rewarding experience.  I hope to have a similar experience during my trip in Venice.

My trip is from April 2 to the 6^th, so it should be fairly nice weather there and not so many tourists (I’m hoping so).  I thought best to go there now than to go there during peak tourist season in the summer.  Now even though I have been to the airports in Milan and Rome, I can finally say that I have been to Italy! 

~ by ronrosenow on February 25, 2007.