Everywhere in Venice, I am struck by a sense of deja vu. We'll walk by an alleyway or under a clock tower and I cannot, for the life of me, stop myself. Invariably, everywhere we have gone, I take a moment to acknowledge where I've seen a particular place before and lean to whisper to Lupe:
"See that tower there? The one with the cross on it? I once dove off the top into the canal water below..."
"See the Rialto? Underneath there was a hidden symbol left by the stone masons that I decoded to uncover the Ultimate Truth..."
"That archway over there? I once had to pay some thieves to run over and distract a couple of guards because there was a piece of Leonardo DaVinci's Codex in that room that I simply had to have. One of them turned around and I used my Hidden Dagger to gack him in the throat... but one of the other guards saw me do it. Then the alarm was raised and I free-ran up the building until the coast was clear."
"My name was Ezio Auditore and I was an assassin..."
My wife doesn't think it's funny anymore but I just can't help it. Assassin's Creed 2 was a brilliant video game that was so well mapped out, it is really tough not to stand in the center of the Piazza San Marco without saying, "Here, I had to use Leonardo DaVinci's flying machine and the help of the Thieves' Guild in Venice to get over the walls to kill my target. That one had me stumped for almost a whole day until I figured it out. Also, at the top there's a secret room where you can find a piece of Altair's armor". [See? I told you there was a SPOILER ALERT!]
Yes, I am a geek.
Still, these geekgasms aside, seeing Venice for all its glory is an amazing thing. The city is rich and full and friendly. I have quite instinctively fallen in love with it. Today was hours of fun and excitement exploring the city.
Kinda like Assassin's Creed 2 but, y'know... live...
... and I can't run across the rooftops...
... or gack people.
... sigh...
On a serious note, I will have more pictures to post on this amazing city sometime in the next couple days as I am very tired right now and don't wanna post pics, so there. Please check my facebook page for any albums you may want to peek through or any new ones to come. I promise this blog will return to its proper "holy crap, that was cool!" mission statement it began with in the coming days... sans "hipster-bashing", of course.
Ciao!
-d@n
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