Venice

So here I am, in Brodsky's favorite city. Unfortunately, these are not my favorite keyboards. This thing is really a pain in the espresso to type on, so this will be brief.

This is definitely my favorite city so far. It's fascinating the way that the government has attempted to preserve time here: no roads, no telephone cables up in the air. How Faulknerian that this city of all should be slowly sinking, defying man's defiance.

Venice is supposed to be expensive, but it's the cheapest place I've been so far, except for transport. My hostel is on one of the side islands, and theoretically is should cost me €6.50 per trip, but I looked up a youth discount (THANK YOU RICK STEVE!), so I have 3 days unlimited travel for €22. Today alone I would have spent €26 from going around so much. But I had a cappuccino today for €1, which is pretty much magical. It was also the best coffee I ever had in my life.

I'm very tired; it's difficult to sleep on trains. Aside from the keyboards utterly sucking, the internet here is sadistically expensive, so I really must go. I'll probably get on sometime later this week and give an update, but I can't afford a very detailed account, because hanging out on the internet doesn't bode well for my budget. So, for the time being, ciao.