In January I spent three weeks studying overseas in Florence and on our weekends we would hop on a train and spend our free time exploring different Italian cities! Today we’re travelling to Venice where I weaved my way through the masked crowds celebrating the first day of carnevale, stood in awe at the incredible architecture of the historic floating city and bobbed along in a gondola with my friends! If you enjoy this photo diary then give this post a “like” so I know, and let’s get to Venice!
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It goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway – Venice was incredible. With its multitude of canals in the place of roads, the entire city had a dreamy, romantic feeling. Walking its narrow streets and over its arched bridges while people glided along in gondolas underneath you made it feel like you were on a completely different planet. Even though I’ve never experienced a city built like this, I wasn’t overcome with an overwhelming foreign feeling. Instead, I found the warmth of its colours, people and energy to be peaceful and welcoming.
It was freezing when we arrived as a lot of Venice streets are in shadows during this time of the year, so an Italian hot chocolate was essential while we wandered around.
After our window shopping it was time for some sight seeing, and the central square, St Mark’s Basilica and the Rialto Bridge were absolutely stunning.
After lunch, it was time for our greatly anticipated gondola ride! The weather turned from blue skies to completely foggy and when we reached the water, to the point where it was almost a whiteout. It was so surreal and as we carefully lowered ourselves into the rocking, creaking wooden boat, it felt like we were in a Pirates of the Caribbean film! But thankfully the misty waters were only when we were out at sea and the canals of Venice were perfectly clear.
Gliding through the canals of Venice with my friends while jazz music played was a definite highlight of the trip and is something I’ll always remember! It was such a special moment that we all enjoyed together, and I’m so happy I was able to have that experience!
Thank you for an incredible day Venice, you were beautiful! That’s it for another photo diary of my travels, but I still have a few more in the works from Paris and London! I’ve loved doing these posts (and obviously had a blast experiencing them in real life), so I hope you’ve enjoyed scrolling through my day. If you have, give this post a “like” so I know!
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I would love to go there. I have ancestors there!
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It’s amazing, you’ll love it!
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Your pictures make me want to visit right now!!
Thanks for sharing!
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Aw thanks lovely!
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beautiful photographs! italy looks so wonderful!
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Aw thank you! It is!
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Lovely photos once again x
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Aw thank you lovely!! xx
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So pretty!
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It’s gorgeous! 🙂
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Your photographs are beautiful! What a wonderful experience. Thank you for sharing.
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Aw thank you!
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Your photographs are stunning, you’ve captured the beauty of Venice so well!!
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Aw thank you so much lovely! x
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Venice is my dream! Love the pictures
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It’s so beautiful, and I’m sure you’ll be there one day! Thanks so much lovely 🙂 x
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Aahw lovely post and beautiful photo’s. I’d like to go there one day.
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Thank you! I’m sure you’ll find yourself there one day!
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This made me want to visit so bad! My school had a study abroad trip that would have given me the opportunity to visit Venice, but I chose Switzerland instead. Unbelievable photos! So happy for you, studying abroad is really an amazing thing, and an eye opener! Gave you a follow because these photos are gorgeous and I’m loving your vibe!
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Ooh you had a tough choice but they’re both gorgeous looking, and you’ll have all the time in the world to visit Venice 🙂 Yes I can’t agree more, it was such a one of a kind experience and now I’m urging everyone to try and study overseas if they get the oppourtunity! Aw thank you, I’m usually a beauty blogger but for a next couple of months I’ll seem more like a travel blogger because I have so much content, and still so many photos to post! x
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love the photos! what type of camera did you use?
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Thank you! Just my iPhone 6S, but I’ll soon be getting an 8+. I’ve never used a DSLR type of camera for my blog 🙂
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I really want to go to Venice it’s on my bucket list. I am heading to Rome in the Summer but I am so up for doing a round trip of places in Italy in the future, so I will hopefully be heading to venice then X
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Yes definitely see as much as you can! And it’s so easy to as everything is so close! Thanks for reading 🙂
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This is such a great post about Venice!!! I really enjoyed visiting also! 😍
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