Today I will have experienced my first day in Venice, a city I never really heard of before … Absolutely crazy to see from first hand with the water being everywhere and the city that was apparently built as if were an island to showcase the many things that I would eventually see (like water taxis and gondola rides). After a long mission to get to this point (somewhere around 5 hours just to travel to this place) did a little walking and got to see the many beautiful things that this city would offer (i.e. a variety of non-Italian food restaurants, crazy/beautiful Venetian masks, and special glass only made in Venice that is demanded from around the world). However, Venice isn’t all amazing and beautiful as I found that the place was overly expensive and that the city had it’s moments when it didn’t necessarily smell so great. Also, I have been hearing tons of comments about how the city is apparently a romantic city but with no disrespect, I just didn’t see anything special about the place that would make me lose my mind for how romantic this city is “supposedly” suppose to be.
What I did love about this city is that it played host to the Venice Biennale and before (when I didn’t really know anything about art) I never really knew what a place like this could offer but when coming to this event I had my mind blown away by some of the most amazing art I have ever laid my eyes on (you can see some pictures that I have posted, but unfortunately the pictures just don’t give it justice as it does in seeing it in real life). What was really cool about the event was it had given exhibitions (pavilions) for each country to offer it’s very own artists to represent their country and display the amazing talents that they could offer.
At the Canada pavilion (which a woman by the name of Shary Boyle got to represent), I made sure that my roommates and I (including the professor) would take a picture outside the exhibition, being that we’re all Canadian that happened to be outside the building, in Venice, Italy !! I don’t know about you, but to me this picture has to be one of the best pictures taken in my time since being here.