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Venice. I've only been there once, and that was in March, so I missed out on the humidity, the heat, the smells, the endless tourists but it got hold of me in a way I hear India does with other people and hasn't let me go for over 20 years now. We stayed in a cheap little hotel (which was still expensive for us, as we were doing "Europe on a dollar a day") and we ate at the university because you got a massive pasta nosh up there for next to nothing. But it was the buildings and the canals that captured me entirely. And you get a better - and cheaper - tour of the Grand Canal by bus than you ever do by gondole.

I'd love to live there. A few years ago I looked into houses (well ok, very small flats) prices and found that I could JUST afford a tiny cupboard size thing with the price i'd get for this and my parents house, but then - what would I live ON? I'd need to be self sufficient. It's a nice dream and I shall continue to have it, because you never know. But that's where I'll be if the writing ever does support me. Look me up! (Just not more than one at a time because - tiny!