Interrail Episode 1: Venice

Travelling

Mean of Transport: Train. Obviously. But I´m meantioning it anyway, because then ther´s more text and I seem so much more professional.

Stops and Stages: Ratisbon - Munich - Verona - Venice

(Original Plan was to go from Munich to Venice directly, but shitty Deutsche Bahn ruined it by delaying our arrival in Munich by just enough to make us miss the next train.)

Overall Traveltime: About 9 hours.

Hostel

Name: Hotel Airone.

Location: Right across the train staion. Only one canal in between.

Room:

• Very small
• A bit creepy at first (when you enter at night) 
• Weird walls covered cloth
• Stunning view out of the window, which has some incredibly stylish shutters
• Shower right in the middle of the bathroom

Breakfast: Outside in a nice garden. Standard food. Overall nothing to complain about.

Rating: 3,5/5 Rialto-Bridges

City

Highlights:

Piazza San Marco
Biggest plaza of Venice. Absurdly crowded. Nice architectural design around it. Has an open side to the sea, where Gondolas arrive and get off in a neverending cycle. Home of the famous lion. 

Rialto-Bridge
There are a ton of bridges in Venice, but this one is the most famous abd also one of the biggest. Also a tourist-magnet, so once again loads and loads of people everywhere. Little stores directly on the bridge (seems a bit like a sellout of such a famous and culturally relevant piece of architecture).

Canale Grande
The Rialto of the many canals of Venice: biggest and most famous. Sometimes so big, it almost could be a river. A very dirty river. Main "traffic route" of Venice, kind of like a highway. 

Weather

Hot. Way to hot. When I got off the train, I felt like running into a wall facefirst. And it stayed this way. There was not a single moment where the temperature dropped below 30° Celsius, even at night. It is pretty nice to feel the mediterran heat, but it gets annoying and frustrating after a while. Especially at daytime, you can not stay out in the sun for long. No rain of course.

Summary

Venice is a beautiful city. I love the fact that there are no cars. It makes the streets pretty crowded, because everyone has to walk, but nonetheless is it a nice and refreshing experience. The architecture of all the buildings is gorgeous, like all mediterran cities are. I feel like the light there is much more golden, presenting everything in a nicer way. 
But there is also a darker side to Venice. I have never seen more poor people and immigrants trying to sell things and begging for money in such a small area than there. A hard contrast to the situation in Germany.
Also, pigeons. Pigeons everywhere.

Photos

First view at the trainstation In Venice

Our small but comfy hotelroom

The trainstaion right across our hotel

One of the famous gondolas

A typical salley in Venice

The Rialto-Bridge

Pigeons.
The secret rulers of Venice.

Piazza San Marco with a typical amount of people

The Lion of Saint Marc, the heraldic animal of Venice

Canale Grande