Today we went on our Island tour of Murano, Burano and Torcello.
This tour started near San Marco Square as well. While we were waiting we met a nice couple who we talked with both before and during the tour.
Murano is were the glass-makers live and work. Our tour included an opportunity to watch the glass-makers work. Then we made our way to their gallery - um.... wow. The first floor was amazing and expensive. The second floor was spectacular and EXPENSIVE. After exploring that island for a bit, we got back on the boat and went over to Burano. This is were they create lace. We saw one woman working on a piece and another woman explained the process of creating lace - each person only knows one stitch, so most pieces are created by several people. Again, we got to explore a bit but needed to make our way back to the boat - and we were the last ones - oops. The last Island was really just to walk around. We took some fun pictures and just meandered around a bit. After we returned to Venice, Michelle and I walked around and did some shopping (of course) and eventually made our way back to the apartment for dinner and an evening in again - we didn't want to be up too late because we'll have a big day tomorrow.
Link to Murano and Burano Island Tour
This tour started near San Marco Square as well. While we were waiting we met a nice couple who we talked with both before and during the tour.
Murano is were the glass-makers live and work. Our tour included an opportunity to watch the glass-makers work. Then we made our way to their gallery - um.... wow. The first floor was amazing and expensive. The second floor was spectacular and EXPENSIVE. After exploring that island for a bit, we got back on the boat and went over to Burano. This is were they create lace. We saw one woman working on a piece and another woman explained the process of creating lace - each person only knows one stitch, so most pieces are created by several people. Again, we got to explore a bit but needed to make our way back to the boat - and we were the last ones - oops. The last Island was really just to walk around. We took some fun pictures and just meandered around a bit. After we returned to Venice, Michelle and I walked around and did some shopping (of course) and eventually made our way back to the apartment for dinner and an evening in again - we didn't want to be up too late because we'll have a big day tomorrow.
Link to Murano and Burano Island Tour
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