Having visited over 25 European cities over the last few years, I don't know how it's taken me so long to visit Venice! However, here I finally am, able to say that Venice really is as beautiful as everyone says it is. 

Venice is an amazing place to visit, no matter how much you've travelled before. It's unlike any city I've ever been to. With the sun and its Italian charm, it's completely different to any other canal city in Europe. There are quaint side streets at every turn, but most importantly delicious food everywhere you look! Pizza, pasta, ice cream - a food lover's dream.

Here's my mini city guide for visiting Venice:

For years I'd kept a box under my bed full of memories from my travels. Plane tickets, leftover foreign currency, entrance tickets, metro passes, even restaurant business cards - it was all stashed away in a box. However, they were all jumbled up and I barely ever looked at them. 

The solution - a travel scrapbook!