by Nicole Bravo
Whether getting lost in the labyrinth of winding streets and dead-ends during an awe-inspiring thunderstorm, crossing twenty small bridges in order to find the local fish market, waltzing by moonlight in Piazza San Marco, listening to the songs of handsome gondoliers, or enjoying a bottle of Prosecco with feet dangling over the Grand Canal, Venice is the place where the world you once new is swallowed up by the astounding, reality-defying "Floating City."
