"A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him." Arthur Symons said that and i do think he is very right. Venice feels like magic, it feels enchanted and it is ever so inspiring and provides so much scope for the imagination (as Anne would say). Thank you, Ruby, for always putting so much effort into your vlogs and videos. I find it so amazing that you always give us background information on places, buildings, writers ect., it´s incredibly interesting and helpful at the same time. It makes all of your content enjoyable and comforting . I wish you all the luck with your writing and hope you get over your writer´s block💙=)
I wonder how Anna would react to Venice truthfully. She would see something not even the Shelleys see, I think :) And thank you so much for your lovely words too Kara x
@@RubyGranger8 Always. I think it might be interesting for Anne since Venice is so fundamentally different from what she´s used to =) also thx so much for answering💙💙💙💙
Just wanted to say thank you for all you do Ruby! Your videos have helped me immensely through all the difficult times! I’m ending my very first year as a community college English Literature student and having no one to relate to or talk with has been so hard (as I’m a first-gen college student in my family) so again, thank you for making these videos, and helping a lot of us feel safe, happy, and understood. Wishing you all the best of luck
Oh Ashley - this is such a lovely comment to read, honestly, though I'm sorry things have been lonely. It's hard, especially at university, when you're introverted and seem to like different things from your peers. I hope that things pick up and I'm sending lots of love xx
Thank goodness for writer's block, Ruby! You've produced one of the most interesting tours of Venice that I've seen. Much appreciate being taken along. Safe travels.
This was so well done! Kept my attention, beautiful shots, wonderful mix of culture, literature, travel and art. YET it still felt a little like a video you might find on UA-cam 10+ years ago- a sense of realness about yourself and how you share your story. There's a relatability here that so many UA-camrs have forgotten. This was beautiful to watch, thank you for sharing
Ruby, I have never seen your face so gloriously animated as when you exited the Vivaldi concert. This is by far my favourite video of yours. Once you are home you will find that you can never adequately describe Venice to anyone who has never been. Watching your video was like talking to someone that has just returned from that jewel of a city. Your feelings of nostalgia for a place you've never been, my wife felt when I took her there for the first time about six years ago. She put that down to years of my effusive ramblings. Caffè Florian is always my first, and last, stop in Venice to read Byron's 'Ode to Venice'. Venice has always been in peril, the opening lines to Byron's ode being, "Venice! Venice! when thy marble walls Are level with the waters, there shall be A cry of nations o'er thy sunken halls, A loud lament along the sweeping sea!" Thank you for a stunning video.
As someone from Australia, where we dont have easily accessible history at our fingertips. I am so envious. My personal history and heritage is european/english and i would love to see and experience this history. It actually makes me sad when i look at historical cities and places. I want to touch the streets they walked upon and the buildings they experienced. I feel connection through touch and experience and my lord, europe. Amazing.
Ruby that journal entry was beautiful - it's always your little snippets of writing that add such a personal and artistic touch to your already wonderful videos.
When you read your journal and you wrote about what your dad said to you when you were small, I found that very lovely. Venice always makes me think of my dad. I have never been to Venice though through him feel connected to it. I don't see him as much as I would like and he has visited there quite a few times because of his work making and repairing violins. Each time he has been there he has got me a little glass figure that he has chosen because when he is there he thinks of me too. It is so interesting how we all think of each other and people that we love and how places connect us to people even if we ourselves have never been there. This was a very lovely and peaceful watch. It seemed a very wonderful trip. ❤❤❤
Hi Ruby. A few years ago after I graduated high school I also went to Venice (and then Paris) by myself. I was reminiscing on this when you were going out to dinner by yourself, as my first time doing this was in Venice. I was bullied in high school, and had no one to go on a trip with, when suddenly I came to the startling realization that I was holding myself back by waiting on someone to accompany me, while I could just go by myself. Even now, when I tell people about my solo travels, they think it is such a strange thing to do. But it is so lovely for me, as you’ve said in other videos, to realize there are kindred spirits around who would not find it strange at all 🤍
It is truly fascinating to be able to see a city like Venice with the eyes of the heart and not just through instagrammable shots or selfies! After all, this is the difference between a true traveler and a tourist. Retracing the paths and sensations of those who in past centuries came to enrich their baggage of experiences and sensations by tackling the Grand Tour! Venice, Florence, Siena, Rome, Naples and then even further south, up to Puglia and Sicily! Thank you so much for this beautiful cameo!
This UA-cam channel is the channel you never knew you needed….amazing soundtrack, gentle wafting in of tourist tips, with a refreshing view of Venice as a writer…..
Can I just say, in the middle of revising for my A-Level exams I just had to make time to watch this. Really Ruby, thank you as Venice not only gave you inspiration to write, but watching this gave me inspiration to look ahead of the now, the studying and stress that seem to continue forever - but it's not forever. I feel like I can touch a tangible end to this horrid period of overload. I'm motivated anew to work not just for my grades, but to work for the knowledge that I can wonder at the world again soon, I can live freely again soon. I also LOVED this line you wrote: "There is something about someone saying your name, even now, by myself in Venice, one hundred feet up in the skies of a sinking city" - simply exquisite, hauntingly magical. xx
I don't think I know any content creator as inspiring as you. I genuinely feel at peace when I watch your videos. All the best on your novel Ruby. We're all rooting for you in the background! 🤍🌼
I wanted to comment the exact same… saw your comment and thought I will just agree here 😍❤️ so peaceful and also kinda inspiring… like a beautiful book can inspire , or classic music ! Thank you Ruby❤️
This video is so dreamy, and so is your writing! Genuinely can’t wait to read when you’re published. I hope I’m not overstepping my mark in saying that I’m so proud of you for taking such a lovely solo trip, I remember some years ago you mentioned some struggles with staying home alone. You’ve grown so much, and you seem so radiant in this video! ❤
Ruby I'm so glad that my city has inspired you in your writing process. Venice is nostalgic and melancholic especially when it rains, and it's magical on spring days. Having a block as well, perhaps I should look into the option of spending a couple of days in the wonderful english countryside, maybe it'll work as it did for you 😍😌
This brought back so many memories of my Venice trip last year with my mum and sister! It’s such a breathtaking place but I think what makes it for me is that I get to see it through my mum’s eyes (she studied in Venice in her twenties). I love the idea that a damp student basement faces opposite the place where Byron wrote, and that despite the tourism, the gondoliers speak in their own dialect. This city is poetry, and it was moving to see it captured so openly. Thank you Ruby!
Il tuo video è un piccolo capolavoro, non so se te ne rendi conto. Sono italiano e conosco Venezia, ma grazie alle tue immagini ho visto la città attraverso i giovani occhi di una persona sensibile e profonda, e mi sono accorto che è come se non l'avessi mai vista veramente. Il tuo modo di narrare è talmente bello, evocativo, colto e fuori dal tempo che per qualche momento penso di essere stato anche io lì. Sentivo il sapore del te da Florian, sentivo le Quattro Stagioni, scrivevo parole sul mio taccuino, respiravo Venezia e le sue calli mi riempivano di gioia e stupore. Grazie per le emozioni che mi hai trasmesso, sai veramente parlare al cuore di chi ti ascolta ❤
Thank you for the journey! I have been to Venice a number of times for art-historical reasons but I will never forget the moments of complete nocturnal silence I experienced walking for hours on the fresh thick snow that had just covered the city. It is a unique place with aesthetic references that can make you forget the touristic massiveness.
Thank you so much Ruby for sharing your travels with us! I’m a 62 year old woman from Texas and I love your videos! So inspirational! I’m excited to follow you on your masters degree at Oxford! New subscriber here!
Hi Ruby, sorry for my english I am french I subscribed since a long time and I wanted to tell you how inspiring you are to me I’ve been sick for the last years, so I couldn’t go to university but you motivated me to go next year and try in september ❤
Ah sooo enjoyable to see your experience in Venice. The first bridge over a canal you spoke from, showing exposed bricks and windows covered with wrought iron, is actually my screen saver from a picture I took from that spot. My wife and I booked a tour of Venice, Florence and Rome. The day before the tour began I came down with Covid and spent the next two weeks in isolation in our room. My wife tested positive a few days after me. The Hotel La Fenice was wonderful and brought us food daily. We could look down into the courtyard that adjoined the Fenice Opera house and were awakened each morning to church bells in the distance. We will go back and your travelog only enforces our desire to go back sooner rather than later. Ciao!
I’ve been a subscriber for a couple of years now and I absolutely love your videos and how personal, delicate and beautiful they all are. Thank you for sharing your trip to Venice with us, much love 🫶🏽❤️
Thank you for this lovely vlog, Ruby 🙂The idea that Venice could be gone in 20 years is horrifying and deeply sad. I went to Venice c. 28 years ago & loved it - just the quiet and stillness of having no cars around is something I really love. Glad that you were so inspired by this enchanting city, and the Vivaldi concert sounds incredible!
This is the best interpretation of what can be defined as a journey. Well done! Venice is not a city to bite into, but a unique experience to drink in small sips. You are a real traveller! Hope your experience can inspire many other young travellers discovering Italy in the right way! Thank you!!
What a romantic solo vacation, you've really showed Venice to full effect and included things I now feel the need to go back and see though I've been a few times! Great vlog, thanks for sharing.
'Venice' in the heading grabbed my attention, Venice put a spell on me many many years ago, but this wasn't just any blog... this was totally enchanting... thank you Ruby.
I love your video and Venice is such a fascinating city! While standing on the edge of the lagoon, you spoke about experiencing a strange wave of nostalgia, even though you had never been there before. This reminded me of a passage from one of my favorite books, "The Moon and Sixpence" by Maugham. In chapter 50, Maugham writes that sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs. I experienced this same feeling when I first arrived in England, possibly because of my love for English literature. Looking forward to watching more splendid vlogs from you :)
Young lady I have watched countless blogs and yours are the only ones I truly enjoyed! They are done with such class and professionalism and the young curiosity that interestingly echoes the eagerness of an Emily Brontë and the budding potentiality of a seasoned Edith Wharton. Please keep vlogging and learning. I wish you all the success and unfolding joyous surprises this world has to offer. 😊
Hi Ruby, i just wanted to comment and say this video made me feel a lil teary (in the best way!) There is so much magic in this vlog and you exude so much joy. I've only done one solo trip before but it was so soothing and special and i was really endearingly reminded of that through this video. Thank you for sharing this and I'm so happy you had a wonderful time in Venice - it's definitely a bucket list place of mine also 💖✨️
i just wanted to thank you Ruby! i feel like being italian, living in Turin, which is as much as nice as Venice, and seldom visiting these beautiful cities, i tend to underestimate this pieces of art i'm living in! so thank you for reminding me, i'll go out and appreciate more :)
Whenever I go to Venice I always look for "Bacari". They are these typical old time venice bars/taverns/inns generally not expensive where you can try "cicchetti" kind of venetian tapas usually based on smoked fish. And of course there you can always find good wines.
I actually got teary watching you wonder around this incredible city. I have visited 2 times and always long to go again. You just renewed my desire to go again. It was a very beautiful video. Your thoughts, photography , and calmness was suburb. Thank you for taking me there (again).
I want to say so much but all I can say right now is that your journal entry was so beautiful it made me cry. What a beautiful moment of stillness in my busy day. Thank you!
Hi Ruby, I'm Italian; I'm happy and proud that such a cultured person as you understand the magic of Venice. So please come back soon to Italy; I think Florence should be the next to visit.
I was gonna suggest Florence too, Ruby needs to see the David statue by Michelangelo it’s incredible, just the pure details and his knowledge of human anatomy (veins in all the right anatomical places) and form. Florence was one of my favourite cities I visited, I’d like to go back there someday.
Hi Ruby, I discovered your channel not long ago and I am loving it! I am italian and I live not very far from Venice. I've been there so many times but I've never been to the Biblioteca Marciana. It looks incredible, I am planning a trip to Venice on one of next weekends with my mum and I'll go there for sure. And of course I took note of all the shops and restaurants too! 😊❤️
If anyone is interested in some Venice student life content I highly recommend the UA-cam channel Bella in a nutshell. She does a lot of life in Venice vlogs and they’re very fun to watch! It’s very rare to see that side of the city
Ruby, Thank you for this vlog of Venice. I was there for two weeks in 1994 and many memories came flooding back. I too went to a Vivaldi concert in The Church of the Pietà, which was very special. Venice is magical, the play of light on the water, and the reflections. I found myself singing “Cielo e Mar” from the opera La Gioconda by Ponchielli
I love watching you videos. Its really relaxing and inspirational. I must say, after watching your videos consistently, i have fallen love with English literature and writing and have been writing everyday. It is wonderful to able to express yourself, thoughts, feelings and what and how see things is an art in itself. Thank you so much and all the best for your novel, hopefully it will be publish and people can read your novel, i nnow i will.😊
Mr Granger's words just brought a tear to my eye man, lost my dad 4 years ago he taught me how to ride a bike and said those exact words 'I won't let you fall'
You will have to let your viewers know when your book is published! I’m going to southern Italy in September for three weeks. I began learning the language a few weeks ago. Your video inspires me to write while I’m on my trip. My hobby is photography and reading. When I return I’ll be putting a photo journal together. Thank you for sharing your experience!
Wow the photo journal thing is so nice! You're inspiring me to do the same!! Would you be posting you're journal? if you're comfortable can you link it, I'm currently learning Italian too and really wanna go there too. Good luck on you're journey
The feeling of nostalgia! Yes! I didn't travel anywhere that wasn't my family's place of origin or my home before the age of 20 but once I started traveling, so many places seemed so oddly familiar but also not because I've read about them. Of course some parts end up being disappointing because tourism is such a big part of it now and it changed many places a lot. So I had that feeling most often when just going to lesser-known destinations where the feeling was the same rather than the actual location or landmarks.
Hi Ruby! I'm really happy you enjoyed your time in Venice! I'm a Master Degree student there and I've been living in Venice for the past seven years :) (I took also my bachelor degree in Venice). I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the video ahaha, it's so strange to see you walk around and go in places that I adore and go to frequently. It would have been so nice to meet you! I'm really happy you loved the stationary shops, they are my guilty pleasure :) Thank you for this beautiful video
I hope do so hope you do many more travel videos! I “discovered” your videos looking for Scotland travelogues. You have a unique and engaging style that’s both refreshing & calming. I also enjoyed your tea-creating video. PS My mom was also born on May 17 (in 1919) and gave book reviews in people’s homes. (!)
I got inspired to write ✍ when I went to Venice too. I am so glad you found what you were looking for on your trip, and thanks for taking the time to record plus share with us all, so many places, particularly some that I missed in my whirlwind travels in the past. No wonder you were so tired 🥱 it certainly was a big and overwhelming trip, but worth every penny if it got you out of a writers block. That picture of Jesus emanating light was so vivid and breathtakingly painted I missed that one and thanks to you I now feel like I didn’t in the end, so I appreciate the effort you took Ruby, many thanks 🙏 😊
Oh your new book passage was beautiful - so glad it gave you some new inspiration. Oh this is my favourite place ever!!! I cant wait to go back! 😘What an incredible trip - it really brings back memories ahhh so lovely! 🥰
Hey Ruby, I watch all of your videos and I really love them all. I am now working on a book with poems and with drawings in them which I also make myself. Because I love writing and because of you my goal for this year is to complete my book.
It is a beautiful architectural place. This is probably the right time of year to go when there’s less tourists. In the summer there is an awful smell near the water and the crowds are overwhelming. Still, a must-visit place, steeped in history.
Such a beautiful video. I love Venice and the Italian language so much. Thank you, Ruby. May you have many more trips to Italy - it really inspires you ✨
I went to Venice and Verona with my nan when I finished my GCSEs. We stopped in various places in Europe on route. I love that you solo travel, I enjoy travel best when solo and miss it as I haven’t been able to travel for a few years. My family wouldnt enjoy the nerdy things I enjoy like galleries, gardens, and museums so I try to go once a year by myself for a couple days to somewhere new. I live in America now and one time I just decided to drive 11 hours to California because I had 4 days off! Love your vlogs, from a fellow academic (PhD psychology candidate).
I enjoyed this so much. The beautiful art, architecture, and scenery were just dreamy to watch. It was nice to see you like this, so relaxed. I feel like we got a glimpse of your natural personality. Absolutely amazing video Ruby.
Me and my family went to Venice this Easter holiday and we absolutely loved it, even though it is so empty now but only filled with tourists. This city just has its intrinsic magical beauty that won't fade away despite all the years...... I just felt like my life after seeing Venice will only be in two states: in Venice, and eternally missing it.
You inspire me so so much Ruby! I really hope to visit Italy one day!! Writing, slow living in the moment, appreciating the vicinity..! You looked so beautiful before your dinner as well!
My favourite city in the world! I have been six times (and for me it is overseas)! I only go to St. Mark's square at night- so magical! And you do need to see the city at twilight! Also there is some amazing contemporary art there- such an interesting juxtaposition in my opinion. LOVED visiting it with you- it is definitely a city for writing and magic! What about a booklist of books based in Venice?
i live in Italy so I've been to Venice a couple of times but seeing it from the prospective of someone who is not is so beautiful and magic. Hope you had fun, sending love.❤
What a delite to pored one thoughts in to paper isn’t? specially during a travel were your senses are full by the experience of what is like to feel the joy of being there. You are an inspiration please keep posting.
Hi Ruby, Next time you come to Italy make sure to come to Turin so I can be your knowledgeble guide! So much fun to hear your pronounciation of Italian names.
I’m glad you took the Boat, and not the train, to Venice; It’s the most cinematic approach to the city, it’s the way people e been approaching Venice for millennia. And Castello is my favorite neighborhood in Venice
Oh Ruby! I was just in Venice two weeks ago and I dream of going back to write there as well. Thanks for giving me a taste of what I went away longing for. Beautiful!
My daughter traveled to Siena last year all the way from Arizona, where I live and where she is a graduate student getting her Masters in International Studies. She, likes me, loves Italy, and I especially love Venice (she could not visit during her two month Italian studies program). Venice is so unique, one of those places I call 'a crossroads of the world', like the Napa Valley where I was raised, or Florida's famed Disneyworld, or California's Disneyland, Venice swirls a Disney type of happiness into our hearts, I think because people have been meeting, greeting and writing there since before the New World was discovered. Being a mix of British/Italian/Lithuanian (in Harry Potter terms a 'Mudblood'), I've taken many trips from North America to Europe to walk in the footsteps of those from Viking times, Roman times and earlier hoping our modern world makes it out of its adolescence, given the short time cities like Venice have been in our world, compared to the age of the dinosaurs.
I was catching up on some of your videos earlier today and wished I had watched your Yorkshire vlog on a bigger screen than just my phone to fully appreciate all the beautiful scenery and become immersed in your travels. So now I've seen that you've uploaded this one, I'm about to watch it on my laptop, armed with a mocha. I also want to note: The time and consideration you put into your videos is unbelievable, Ruby! Especially as (I think) you edit them all yourself. Your vlogs are always a masterpiece. This was a ramble but I just think you're underrated as a film-maker (as well as a wonderful person inside and out!)
I am lucky enough to visit Venice three times a year and it was lovely to see your first visit. When you return (I’m sure you will) I would recommend a night visit tour of the Basilica when you will see it completely lit up, the gold, mosaics and atmosphere is magical. So glad you had such an inspirational time.
I was there the end of March and it's the most beautiful city I've ever been. I felt like I was in a classical painting looking out onto the Grande Canal. I think it's the kind of city you never get tired of visiting as it's so unique and there's so much to see. You didn't visit the Guggenheim? only so many museums you can visit in a few days though I know. Glad you seemed to enjoy it as much as I did.
Ciao Ruby 🙂 At the end of May, I went to Venezia to show the city to some of my online students. Luckily, the sky in the Serenissima was splendid in those days and everything went well. The experience of teaching grammar and a poem by Cecco Angiolieri next to Ponte di Rialto to a student who was in Poland at that time was truly impressive!
You have worked so hard for everything you have earned, Ruby! Thank you for all the content you make for us and I hope your wiring journey is ever fulfilling ❤️
Ruby has writers block and goes to Venice yet whenever i have a minor inconvenience I go to bed 😂
I feel personally called out
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Same 😅 I will be also in Venice in spirit 😂
I have same problems. I usually go somewhere to unblock it 😂
Sometimes i find reading a book helps. Just sit down for ages, reading your book and eventually, plop, the poo will come out
"A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him." Arthur Symons said that and i do think he is very right. Venice feels like magic, it feels enchanted and it is ever so inspiring and provides so much scope for the imagination (as Anne would say). Thank you, Ruby, for always putting so much effort into your vlogs and videos. I find it so amazing that you always give us background information on places, buildings, writers ect., it´s incredibly interesting and helpful at the same time. It makes all of your content enjoyable and comforting . I wish you all the luck with your writing and hope you get over your writer´s block💙=)
I wonder how Anna would react to Venice truthfully. She would see something not even the Shelleys see, I think :)
And thank you so much for your lovely words too Kara x
@@RubyGranger8 Always. I think it might be interesting for Anne since Venice is so fundamentally different from what she´s used to =) also thx so much for answering💙💙💙💙
Just wanted to say thank you for all you do Ruby! Your videos have helped me immensely through all the difficult times! I’m ending my very first year as a community college English Literature student and having no one to relate to or talk with has been so hard (as I’m a first-gen college student in my family) so again, thank you for making these videos, and helping a lot of us feel safe, happy, and understood. Wishing you all the best of luck
Oh Ashley - this is such a lovely comment to read, honestly, though I'm sorry things have been lonely. It's hard, especially at university, when you're introverted and seem to like different things from your peers. I hope that things pick up and I'm sending lots of love xx
A wonderful comment. ❤
Thank goodness for writer's block, Ruby! You've produced one of the most interesting tours of Venice that I've seen. Much appreciate being taken along. Safe travels.
This was so well done! Kept my attention, beautiful shots, wonderful mix of culture, literature, travel and art. YET it still felt a little like a video you might find on UA-cam 10+ years ago- a sense of realness about yourself and how you share your story. There's a relatability here that so many UA-camrs have forgotten. This was beautiful to watch, thank you for sharing
Ruby, I have never seen your face so gloriously animated as when you exited the Vivaldi concert. This is by far my favourite video of yours. Once you are home you will find that you can never adequately describe Venice to anyone who has never been. Watching your video was like talking to someone that has just returned from that jewel of a city.
Your feelings of nostalgia for a place you've never been, my wife felt when I took her there for the first time about six years ago. She put that down to years of my effusive ramblings.
Caffè Florian is always my first, and last, stop in Venice to read Byron's 'Ode to Venice'. Venice has always been in peril, the opening lines to Byron's ode being, "Venice! Venice! when thy marble walls
Are level with the waters, there shall be
A cry of nations o'er thy sunken halls,
A loud lament along the sweeping sea!"
Thank you for a stunning video.
As someone from Australia, where we dont have easily accessible history at our fingertips. I am so envious. My personal history and heritage is european/english and i would love to see and experience this history.
It actually makes me sad when i look at historical cities and places. I want to touch the streets they walked upon and the buildings they experienced. I feel connection through touch and experience and my lord, europe. Amazing.
I feel the need to be able to experience every place all at once 🥹 😂 !!!
Try reading. You don’t have to travel. Buy books and read.
Ruby that journal entry was beautiful - it's always your little snippets of writing that add such a personal and artistic touch to your already wonderful videos.
When you read your journal and you wrote about what your dad said to you when you were small, I found that very lovely. Venice always makes me think of my dad. I have never been to Venice though through him feel connected to it. I don't see him as much as I would like and he has visited there quite a few times because of his work making and repairing violins. Each time he has been there he has got me a little glass figure that he has chosen because when he is there he thinks of me too. It is so interesting how we all think of each other and people that we love and how places connect us to people even if we ourselves have never been there.
This was a very lovely and peaceful watch. It seemed a very wonderful trip. ❤❤❤
Hi Ruby. A few years ago after I graduated high school I also went to Venice (and then Paris) by myself. I was reminiscing on this when you were going out to dinner by yourself, as my first time doing this was in Venice. I was bullied in high school, and had no one to go on a trip with, when suddenly I came to the startling realization that I was holding myself back by waiting on someone to accompany me, while I could just go by myself. Even now, when I tell people about my solo travels, they think it is such a strange thing to do. But it is so lovely for me, as you’ve said in other videos, to realize there are kindred spirits around who would not find it strange at all 🤍
It is truly fascinating to be able to see a city like Venice with the eyes of the heart and not just through instagrammable shots or selfies! After all, this is the difference between a true traveler and a tourist. Retracing the paths and sensations of those who in past centuries came to enrich their baggage of experiences and sensations by tackling the Grand Tour! Venice, Florence, Siena, Rome, Naples and then even further south, up to Puglia and Sicily! Thank you so much for this beautiful cameo!
This UA-cam channel is the channel you never knew you needed….amazing soundtrack, gentle wafting in of tourist tips, with a refreshing view of Venice as a writer…..
Can I just say, in the middle of revising for my A-Level exams I just had to make time to watch this. Really Ruby, thank you as Venice not only gave you inspiration to write, but watching this gave me inspiration to look ahead of the now, the studying and stress that seem to continue forever - but it's not forever. I feel like I can touch a tangible end to this horrid period of overload. I'm motivated anew to work not just for my grades, but to work for the knowledge that I can wonder at the world again soon, I can live freely again soon.
I also LOVED this line you wrote: "There is something about someone saying your name, even now, by myself in Venice, one hundred feet up in the skies of a sinking city" - simply exquisite, hauntingly magical. xx
I don't think I know any content creator as inspiring as you. I genuinely feel at peace when I watch your videos. All the best on your novel Ruby. We're all rooting for you in the background! 🤍🌼
I wanted to comment the exact same… saw your comment and thought I will just agree here 😍❤️ so peaceful and also kinda inspiring… like a beautiful book can inspire , or classic music ! Thank you Ruby❤️
This video is so dreamy, and so is your writing! Genuinely can’t wait to read when you’re published. I hope I’m not overstepping my mark in saying that I’m so proud of you for taking such a lovely solo trip, I remember some years ago you mentioned some struggles with staying home alone. You’ve grown so much, and you seem so radiant in this video! ❤
Ruby I'm so glad that my city has inspired you in your writing process. Venice is nostalgic and melancholic especially when it rains, and it's magical on spring days. Having a block as well, perhaps I should look into the option of spending a couple of days in the wonderful english countryside, maybe it'll work as it did for you 😍😌
This brought back so many memories of my Venice trip last year with my mum and sister! It’s such a breathtaking place but I think what makes it for me is that I get to see it through my mum’s eyes (she studied in Venice in her twenties). I love the idea that a damp student basement faces opposite the place where Byron wrote, and that despite the tourism, the gondoliers speak in their own dialect. This city is poetry, and it was moving to see it captured so openly. Thank you Ruby!
Il tuo video è un piccolo capolavoro, non so se te ne rendi conto. Sono italiano e conosco Venezia, ma grazie alle tue immagini ho visto la città attraverso i giovani occhi di una persona sensibile e profonda, e mi sono accorto che è come se non l'avessi mai vista veramente. Il tuo modo di narrare è talmente bello, evocativo, colto e fuori dal tempo che per qualche momento penso di essere stato anche io lì. Sentivo il sapore del te da Florian, sentivo le Quattro Stagioni, scrivevo parole sul mio taccuino, respiravo Venezia e le sue calli mi riempivano di gioia e stupore. Grazie per le emozioni che mi hai trasmesso, sai veramente parlare al cuore di chi ti ascolta ❤
Beautifully said, thank you for sharing 😊⭐👏💯
Thank you for the journey! I have been to Venice a number of times for art-historical reasons but I will never forget the moments of complete nocturnal silence I experienced walking for hours on the fresh thick snow that had just covered the city. It is a unique place with aesthetic references that can make you forget the touristic massiveness.
Thank you so much Ruby for sharing your travels with us! I’m a 62 year old woman from Texas and I love your videos! So inspirational! I’m excited to follow you on your masters degree at Oxford! New subscriber here!
Hi Ruby, sorry for my english I am french
I subscribed since a long time and I wanted to tell you how inspiring you are to me
I’ve been sick for the last years, so I couldn’t go to university but you motivated me to go next year and try in september ❤
all the best 🎉
Oh my goodness I tried to learn French and could not seem to make progress. Maybe I will try again. Your English is excellent.
Ah sooo enjoyable to see your experience in Venice. The first bridge over a canal you spoke from, showing exposed bricks and windows covered with wrought iron, is actually my screen saver from a picture I took from that spot. My wife and I booked a tour of Venice, Florence and Rome. The day before the tour began I came down with Covid and spent the next two weeks in isolation in our room. My wife tested positive a few days after me. The Hotel La Fenice was wonderful and brought us food daily. We could look down into the courtyard that adjoined the Fenice Opera house and were awakened each morning to church bells in the distance. We will go back and your travelog only enforces our desire to go back sooner rather than later. Ciao!
I’ve been a subscriber for a couple of years now and I absolutely love your videos and how personal, delicate and beautiful they all are. Thank you for sharing your trip to Venice with us, much love 🫶🏽❤️
Thank you for this lovely vlog, Ruby 🙂The idea that Venice could be gone in 20 years is horrifying and deeply sad. I went to Venice c. 28 years ago & loved it - just the quiet and stillness of having no cars around is something I really love. Glad that you were so inspired by this enchanting city, and the Vivaldi concert sounds incredible!
This is the best interpretation of what can be defined as a journey. Well done! Venice is not a city to bite into, but a unique experience to drink in small sips. You are a real traveller! Hope your experience can inspire many other young travellers discovering Italy in the right way! Thank you!!
What a romantic solo vacation, you've really showed Venice to full effect and included things I now feel the need to go back and see though I've been a few times! Great vlog, thanks for sharing.
What a beautiful and artistic perspective of Venice! Looking forward to creating my own in July. Thank you for the inspiration ❤
I hope you have the best time when you visit
'Venice' in the heading grabbed my attention, Venice put a spell on me many many years ago, but this wasn't just any blog... this was totally enchanting... thank you Ruby.
I love your video and Venice is such a fascinating city! While standing on the edge of the lagoon, you spoke about experiencing a strange wave of nostalgia, even though you had never been there before. This reminded me of a passage from one of my favorite books, "The Moon and Sixpence" by Maugham. In chapter 50, Maugham writes that sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs. I experienced this same feeling when I first arrived in England, possibly because of my love for English literature. Looking forward to watching more splendid vlogs from you :)
Young lady I have watched countless blogs and yours are the only ones I truly enjoyed! They are done with such class and professionalism and the young curiosity that interestingly echoes the eagerness of an Emily Brontë and the budding potentiality of a seasoned Edith Wharton. Please keep vlogging and learning. I wish you all the success and unfolding joyous surprises this world has to offer. 😊
Hi Ruby, i just wanted to comment and say this video made me feel a lil teary (in the best way!) There is so much magic in this vlog and you exude so much joy. I've only done one solo trip before but it was so soothing and special and i was really endearingly reminded of that through this video. Thank you for sharing this and I'm so happy you had a wonderful time in Venice - it's definitely a bucket list place of mine also 💖✨️
i just wanted to thank you Ruby! i feel like being italian, living in Turin, which is as much as nice as Venice, and seldom visiting these beautiful cities, i tend to underestimate this pieces of art i'm living in! so thank you for reminding me, i'll go out and appreciate more :)
Whenever I go to Venice I always look for "Bacari". They are these typical old time venice bars/taverns/inns generally not expensive where you can try "cicchetti" kind of venetian tapas usually based on smoked fish. And of course there you can always find good wines.
I actually got teary watching you wonder around this incredible city. I have visited 2 times and always long to go again. You just renewed my desire to go again. It was a very beautiful video. Your thoughts, photography , and calmness was suburb. Thank you for taking me there (again).
I want to say so much but all I can say right now is that your journal entry was so beautiful it made me cry. What a beautiful moment of stillness in my busy day. Thank you!
So beautiful filming, so inspiring and literally nostalgic🤎 Thank you so much,Ruby!
I seriously love coming home to a new vlog of your travels. They are seriously a great way to destress!
I really enjoyed this. Thanks Ruby, you are so inspiring and I am in my 50’s!!!!
Hi Ruby, I'm Italian; I'm happy and proud that such a cultured person as you understand the magic of Venice. So please come back soon to Italy; I think Florence should be the next to visit.
I was gonna suggest Florence too, Ruby needs to see the David statue by Michelangelo it’s incredible, just the pure details and his knowledge of human anatomy (veins in all the right anatomical places) and form. Florence was one of my favourite cities I visited, I’d like to go back there someday.
Your videos are like the perfect way to decompress and like a deep breath into ones soul ❤
It was such a pleasure to watch you travel throughout Venice enjoying all that she has to offer.
Hi Ruby, I discovered your channel not long ago and I am loving it! I am italian and I live not very far from Venice. I've been there so many times but I've never been to the Biblioteca Marciana. It looks incredible, I am planning a trip to Venice on one of next weekends with my mum and I'll go there for sure. And of course I took note of all the shops and restaurants too! 😊❤️
So happy for you, Ruby! You're really spreading your wings now....and yours hopefully won't fall off! Thank you so much for sharing this! ❤
“don’t worry ruby I won’t let you fall”
I’m crying
If anyone is interested in some Venice student life content I highly recommend the UA-cam channel Bella in a nutshell. She does a lot of life in Venice vlogs and they’re very fun to watch! It’s very rare to see that side of the city
Ruby, Thank you for this vlog of Venice. I was there for two weeks in 1994 and many memories came flooding back. I too went to a Vivaldi concert in The Church of the Pietà, which was very special. Venice is magical, the play of light on the water, and the reflections. I found myself singing “Cielo e Mar” from the opera La Gioconda by Ponchielli
what an amazing experience... and how incredible that you're able to learn from other cultures, travel, write, immerse yourself.
You're such a beautiful, soft soul. Watching your videos is like a big warm hug. Greetings from Poland!
I love watching you videos. Its really relaxing and inspirational. I must say, after watching your videos consistently, i have fallen love with English literature and writing and have been writing everyday. It is wonderful to able to express yourself, thoughts, feelings and what and how see things is an art in itself. Thank you so much and all the best for your novel, hopefully it will be publish and people can read your novel, i nnow i will.😊
Thank you Ruby for taking us on your magical time in Venice. Your videos are always so up lifting and positive.
"i hope you have more than just a productive week" I love that ❤
I love the way you read!!!!! Please consider making an audiobook or a podcast ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I love hearing your voice 💚💚💚💚💚💚
Mr Granger's words just brought a tear to my eye man, lost my dad 4 years ago he taught me how to ride a bike and said those exact words 'I won't let you fall'
You will have to let your viewers know when your book is published! I’m going to southern Italy in September for three weeks. I began learning the language a few weeks ago. Your video inspires me to write while I’m on my trip. My hobby is photography and reading. When I return I’ll be putting a photo journal together. Thank you for sharing your experience!
Wow the photo journal thing is so nice! You're inspiring me to do the same!! Would you be posting you're journal? if you're comfortable can you link it, I'm currently learning Italian too and really wanna go there too. Good luck on you're journey
The feeling of nostalgia! Yes! I didn't travel anywhere that wasn't my family's place of origin or my home before the age of 20 but once I started traveling, so many places seemed so oddly familiar but also not because I've read about them.
Of course some parts end up being disappointing because tourism is such a big part of it now and it changed many places a lot. So I had that feeling most often when just going to lesser-known destinations where the feeling was the same rather than the actual location or landmarks.
Hi Ruby! I'm really happy you enjoyed your time in Venice! I'm a Master Degree student there and I've been living in Venice for the past seven years :) (I took also my bachelor degree in Venice). I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the video ahaha, it's so strange to see you walk around and go in places that I adore and go to frequently. It would have been so nice to meet you! I'm really happy you loved the stationary shops, they are my guilty pleasure :) Thank you for this beautiful video
The thing you said about nostalgia
So interesting you can get nostalgic by reading a book about it.
I live near Venice but I hardly ever visit. Thank you Ruby, for helping me appreciate something I take for granted ❤
That's incredible that you live so close... you must visit again soon :)x
I hope do so hope you do many more travel videos! I “discovered” your videos looking for Scotland travelogues. You have a unique and engaging style that’s both refreshing & calming. I also enjoyed your tea-creating video.
PS My mom was also born on May 17 (in 1919) and gave book reviews in people’s homes. (!)
I got inspired to write ✍ when I went to Venice too. I am so glad you found what you were looking for on your trip, and thanks for taking the time to record plus share with us all, so many places, particularly some that I missed in my whirlwind travels in the past. No wonder you were so tired 🥱 it certainly was a big and overwhelming trip, but worth every penny if it got you out of a writers block. That picture of Jesus emanating light was so vivid and breathtakingly painted I missed that one and thanks to you I now feel like I didn’t in the end, so I appreciate the effort you took Ruby, many thanks 🙏 😊
Oh your new book passage was beautiful - so glad it gave you some new inspiration. Oh this is my favourite place ever!!! I cant wait to go back! 😘What an incredible trip - it really brings back memories ahhh so lovely! 🥰
Hey Ruby, I watch all of your videos and I really love them all. I am now working on a book with poems and with drawings in them which I also make myself. Because I love writing and because of you my goal for this year is to complete my book.
It is a beautiful architectural place. This is probably the right time of year to go when there’s less tourists. In the summer there is an awful smell near the water and the crowds are overwhelming. Still, a must-visit place, steeped in history.
It is hard to find something that is exciting and peaceful at the same time.this video have this vibe
I visited Venice for the first time last September, and it was magical! It truly is the place to reinvigorate creativity! 😍
isn't it just! If anything, the poets never did it justice!
Such a beautiful video. I love Venice and the Italian language so much. Thank you, Ruby. May you have many more trips to Italy - it really inspires you ✨
I went to Venice and Verona with my nan when I finished my GCSEs. We stopped in various places in Europe on route. I love that you solo travel, I enjoy travel best when solo and miss it as I haven’t been able to travel for a few years. My family wouldnt enjoy the nerdy things I enjoy like galleries, gardens, and museums so I try to go once a year by myself for a couple days to somewhere new. I live in America now and one time I just decided to drive 11 hours to California because I had 4 days off!
Love your vlogs, from a fellow academic (PhD psychology candidate).
I enjoyed this so much. The beautiful art, architecture, and scenery were just dreamy to watch. It was nice to see you like this, so relaxed. I feel like we got a glimpse of your natural personality. Absolutely amazing video Ruby.
Me and my family went to Venice this Easter holiday and we absolutely loved it, even though it is so empty now but only filled with tourists. This city just has its intrinsic magical beauty that won't fade away despite all the years...... I just felt like my life after seeing Venice will only be in two states: in Venice, and eternally missing it.
You inspire me so so much Ruby! I really hope to visit Italy one day!! Writing, slow living in the moment, appreciating the vicinity..! You looked so beautiful before your dinner as well!
your videos bring me so much joy and comfort in this stressful time of exams and deadlines!
Oh, "magical", is a perfect word! I'm glad you got the opportunity to go. It's all so beautiful! Thank you for sharing it with us.
I didn’t find Venice that amazing when I went about 5 years ago but your video makes it seem more wonderful than anyone could ever imagine
such a breath of fresh air a gen z who is interested in history, art, beauty. What an intelligent girl
This video was indeed magical! Great job, Ruby!
My favourite city in the world! I have been six times (and for me it is overseas)! I only go to St. Mark's square at night- so magical! And you do need to see the city at twilight! Also there is some amazing contemporary art there- such an interesting juxtaposition in my opinion. LOVED visiting it with you- it is definitely a city for writing and magic! What about a booklist of books based in Venice?
i live in Italy so I've been to Venice a couple of times but seeing it from the prospective of someone who is not is so beautiful and magic. Hope you had fun, sending love.❤
This is a brilliant video Ruby. Fabulous music. Superb editing. Love it. Thanks.
I think it's lovely that you wear your mum's old dresses. :)
Solo trips are the best! Good for you ❤ Venice looks beautiful!
What a delite to pored one thoughts in to paper isn’t? specially during a travel were your senses are full by the experience of what is like to feel the joy of being there. You are an inspiration please keep posting.
the lines that you wrote actually made me tear up
Ruby these travel vlogs are very deeply magical. Please do continue making these beauties.❤
I recently finished my 8th solo trip and going out to eat dinner alone remains the only thing that makes me nervous!
I cried a little when she was talking about Vivaldi.
It’s actually a brave thing to go for a meal at a restaurant by yourself! I also think it’s very liberating.
Hi Ruby, Next time you come to Italy make sure to come to Turin so I can be your knowledgeble guide!
So much fun to hear your pronounciation of Italian names.
Ruby, you are just great! :)
I’m glad you took the Boat, and not the train, to Venice; It’s the most cinematic approach to the city, it’s the way people e been approaching Venice for millennia. And Castello is my favorite neighborhood in Venice
Oh Ruby! I was just in Venice two weeks ago and I dream of going back to write there as well. Thanks for giving me a taste of what I went away longing for. Beautiful!
My daughter traveled to Siena last year all the way from Arizona, where I live and where she is a graduate student getting her Masters in International Studies. She, likes me, loves Italy, and I especially love Venice (she could not visit during her two month Italian studies program).
Venice is so unique, one of those places I call 'a crossroads of the world', like the Napa Valley where I was raised, or Florida's famed Disneyworld, or California's Disneyland, Venice swirls a Disney type of happiness into our hearts, I think because people have been meeting, greeting and writing there since before the New World was discovered.
Being a mix of British/Italian/Lithuanian (in Harry Potter terms a 'Mudblood'), I've taken many trips from North America to Europe to walk in the footsteps of those from Viking times, Roman times and earlier hoping our modern world makes it out of its adolescence, given the short time cities like Venice have been in our world, compared to the age of the dinosaurs.
Such a wonderful and aesthetic trip you went Ruby. Now I have goal to go for similar journey thanks for motivation I really appreciate that💗💗💗
And thank you for joining me via the video ;) I hope you get to go!x
I was catching up on some of your videos earlier today and wished I had watched your Yorkshire vlog on a bigger screen than just my phone to fully appreciate all the beautiful scenery and become immersed in your travels.
So now I've seen that you've uploaded this one, I'm about to watch it on my laptop, armed with a mocha.
I also want to note: The time and consideration you put into your videos is unbelievable, Ruby! Especially as (I think) you edit them all yourself. Your vlogs are always a masterpiece.
This was a ramble but I just think you're underrated as a film-maker (as well as a wonderful person inside and out!)
I am lucky enough to visit Venice three times a year and it was lovely to see your first visit. When you return (I’m sure you will) I would recommend a night visit tour of the Basilica when you will see it completely lit up, the gold, mosaics and atmosphere is magical. So glad you had such an inspirational time.
I was there the end of March and it's the most beautiful city I've ever been. I felt like I was in a classical painting looking out onto the Grande Canal. I think it's the kind of city you never get tired of visiting as it's so unique and there's so much to see.
You didn't visit the Guggenheim? only so many museums you can visit in a few days though I know. Glad you seemed to enjoy it as much as I did.
Beautiful video! I recently went to Greece and then Rome for a change of scenery and inspiration. Now I'm writing again! Good luck on your novel!
Ciao Ruby 🙂
At the end of May, I went to Venezia to show the city to some of my online students. Luckily, the sky in the Serenissima was splendid in those days and everything went well. The experience of teaching grammar and a poem by Cecco Angiolieri next to Ponte di Rialto to a student who was in Poland at that time was truly impressive!
The cozy hotel, nice cafes and books (but for me about science or fantasy) does it for me.
Next time you go to Italy, buy your museum tickets online in advance. Saves so much time and anxiety when you are actually there.
You have worked so hard for everything you have earned, Ruby! Thank you for all the content you make for us and I hope your wiring journey is ever fulfilling ❤️
Alice, thank you so so much. This really means a lot xxxx