Dream Trip 2009

Great Travel Moment

A moment of respite in what turned out to be not the ideal, "this-is-going-to-be-the-best-European-vacation-ever" trip. I took a moment by myself to get lost in the living maze that is Venice. My first visit there. It was everything I imagined it to be (and let's be honest, very few things that the mind imagines are really as wonderful as one hopes they will be) Turning the corner from a small side street I saw this view. It was so simple, but so lovely. Calm and reassuring (it was a very stressful time in the trip). These everyday gondolas, symbols of Venice, brought beauty and reminders of why I was there. I was there to see. To breathe. To enjoy. To create memories.