This is a travel blog. And by default, I am therefore a travel writer. But while I have done a lot – maybe too much – writing, my experiences with travelling are shall we say: limited. This begs the question:

What expertise or perspective then am I offering through this blog?

Well, expertise: none at all. But perspective: this blog offers a unique and rare look into travelling from an aspiring traveler, rather than a seasoned one. In other words, travel blogs from frequent travelers exist out there in overwhelming volume, velocity, and diversity. But very few travel blogs provide the inexperienced, optimistic almost naive perspective that this one provides.

By looking at Venice – an endangered city – through this lens of hopeful anxiety, this is therefore a project of reflection and education for both reader and writer of this blog. For travel is the best way we have of rescuing the humanity of places, and saving them from abstraction and ideology.