Orient Express Venice Palace Is Narrative Fraud

The Orient Express just opened a 15th-century palace in Venice because apparently, the easiest way to distract people from a city's tourist smell is with enough gold leaf to bankrupt a small nation. I’m honestly obsessed with the audacity of a train brand moving into a city that literally doesn’t have tracks—it’s the highest level of 'sell the dream, forget the logic' moves I usually reserve for my own supplement sponsorships. I’m currently dodging chandeliers at the Palazzo Donà Giovannelli because I’m 90% sure these doorways weren’t built for humans who actually lift weights. If I accidentally bench press a priceless Renaissance bust, just know I died doing what I love: being too big for my surroundings and way too expensive for my own good.

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