The water police is out on its mission here
Some of you had commented that right now is a bad time to start a vlogging channel
Due to the COVID19 scenario today, travelling is not possible
While that might hold true for the rest of the world, but in Europe,
borders have been opened because cases have dropped very low in almost all the countries
In fact, the countries are promoting travel  this summer because they are hoping to boost the travel industry
And it is extremely necessary to revive this industry from the slowdown caused by COVID19
So, I'm travelling today itself, I have to leave home in an hour and have a flight to catch
At one time, Italy was one of the worst affected countries
Now, you can see how low the rate of daily new cases has dropped
Now, only 100-200 cases are reported daily
Let us begin packing!
This is my gadget bag. In here, goes my camera and all other equipments related to the camera
8 days, that means, 8 undergarments and 8 socks
*starts counting*
But I have only 5 T shirts- grey, green grey,  light blue grey, red grey and dark blue grey
So, this is my first flight ever since the outbreak of the corona virus pandemic
There's not much that is different. As I had been expecting,
we have to be wearing a mask at all times- at the airport, in the flight
This was expected
That is the only thing that I found to be different
As for the number of people travelling, they aren't too few
The forms have been given to us- One of them has to be handed over in Italy upon deboarding
self declaring to the Italian government that we do not have COVID19
The other form needs to be handed over in the flight itself, declaring that we do not have COVID19
and we have to put in our address- wherever we stay in Italy.
We would need to report our symptoms if we develop COVID 19
and so that they are able to trace us where we live
We have to write down the name of the hotel we will stay in while travelling in this form
This looks like a separation of the ocean but it is just a boat
Far away, you can see the city where we are going
-What time is it?
-The boat is leaving in 25 minutes
-So, that means at 3?
-Okay, thank you
We have finally reached the hotel. It was a long journey
When I say "we" , you might already know who I am talking about
I travel with my girlfriend, who helps me in making vlogs
and in shooting for the ground reports
I do not want to reveal her name and identity right now due to privacy reasons
She herself is not comfortable right now
So,if she becomes comfortable in the future, then we might consider doing it or not doing it
I have to release a video tomorrow, so I have to make the thumbnail
And I have to search restaurants for dinner tonight
Let me see if there is a vegetarian restaurant around
Its amazing! I typed "vegetarian restaurant" in Google and the first results to show up
display so many meat options
What do I say?
We will have to make do with Pizza and Pasta
This boat is super costly here. The cost to ride in one is around 80 Euros
only to ride in one!
The birds here aren't scared at all
The closer I move, it takes one step further
All these restaurants that you see... there are around 5-6 of them
The menus of all of them are the same. All of them have pizzas and pastas
and the same desserts
You can sit in any one of them. It would make no difference
Let us see how this Italian Pizza tastes
in comparison to the Dominoes Pizza
By the way, I already have eaten some
The clouds here look as if someone has painted on the sky
They're looking so fake
While walking on the streets, one comes across very interesting things in the shops nearby
For instance, look at this
This sweater like garment here costs 2,590 Euros
that is around 2.5 lakh rupees!
The price of the suit is
1 lakh rupees!
Guess this. The cost of this is 1 lakh rupees. What could it be?
a scarf like garment!
Look at this mosquito
Him and his friends bit me in the night
The red that you see in its body is my blood
I am not joking!
I slept with the windows open last night
I thought it would be a good idea.. there'd be fresh air coming through this window
I switched off the AC
I should have already guessed that there would be mosquitoes here, owing to the canal below
They pestered me all night. I had to shut the windows at two in the night
And its taking me so long to upload this video due to these mosquitoes. I woke up at 8 in the morning
The internet here is not so fast that the video would be uploaded quickly
Its taking a lot of time
This mosquito must be taken revenge from!
Should I capture this on the vlog or not?
If I do, then I will have to trap this mosquito with only one hand
It might escape though
Let us try
Look at this!
It is such a lazy mosquito!
The YouTube video has finally been uploaded. Let us release it now!
Look at this: No views, 0 comments
Let me quickly do what every one wants to!
with a lot of haste
Its almost one o'clock now. I have uploaded the video
I really want to go outside
But there is no time. Another video needs to be shot today
I've thought of shooting for the next video in this location
Do you remember I told you yesterday that the governments here are promoting tourism?
The people are being given incentives to travel within Europe in order to give a boost to the tourism industry
So in what form are the incentives being given?
It is very interesting
Vouchers are being provided in many places. For example, there is a place called Calabria
Here, the government would give out 80 euros to one individual and 160 Euros to two people
you can use that voucher to travel anywhere within Europe
A similar thing is being done in a region called Marche.
There, a one off payment of 50 Euros per person would be given
You can use those 50 euros to travel anywhere
So, the governments are basically giving money to their citizens to encourage them to travel
This is very interesting.Even the hotel that I am staying at has an offer
That offer is: Stay two nights and stay the next night for free!
This is the setup of my video today
I'll sit here. This is the table and this is the camera
I have just created this entire set up
Let us begin with the shooting of the next video
What you see behind me is one of the most popular tourist spots here
You can see how empty it is!
I asked the waiters in the restaurants here- they say that the tourists that throng this place generally,
right now, there are only 2-3% of that count here
Generally- as in, in the times before the corona virus
There is a reduction of 98% in the number of tourists
They say that in the restaurants here and anywhere else in Venice
one has to get a booking weeks earlier
only then one can get a seat there. But today,
you can see that all the chairs here are lying empty
Let us go upstairs on this tower
There is a huge bell right above me
Look at that!
I have a lot of old memories of this place
I had come to Venice 10 years ago
And I remember that exactly in this area
the pigeons are allowed to be fed here and they are not scared at all! They come and sit on your hand
As soon as you do this, they start coming at you
Let's see who gets this first
Oh my God!
Okay, I'll just give up
Its extremely fun to walk through streets here
The streets are everywhere and there are canals as well
These streets are reminiscent of old Delhi
-Okay, so we are having a problem here and we need your help, so...
He doesn't really know how to vlog
He is not really sure what to include and what people want to see
Let us know in the comments what do you want to see?
