An early start this morning to explore. First up it was a boat ride to Murano Glass, to watch a glass blowing demonstration and the staff's attempts to get us to buy. Some of our group did, however and there was probably a bit of money invested into some glass pieces. Coming back from that we went on a walking tour of "Hidden Venice". Only about half of the group did this tour but it was interesting to see the back streets and canals. Following that we went to St Marks Square where we had a coffee and an icecream.
Glen and I queued to go up the bell tower which was well worth the wait as it gives a great view of Venice. There was a pageant in town today as the locals were celebrating their relationship with the sea. The crowds were large but this seems to be the norm for tourist towns we have discovered. There were also four cruise liners in port so that helped swell the numbers too!
Gondola rides were next on the agenda as we all trooped to,the departure point and Gondala'd around the canals, very interesting.
Then it was onto a motor launch to cross the Lagoon to Burano. The houses here are all painted bright colors and they specialises in lace products, they also have a leaning tower, as the foundations are unstable due to the water levels.
Here we had an early seafood dinner, risotto with prawns, spaghetti with clams, sea bass, fruit and biscotti and coffee. What did I say about our weight? It was all very delicious though. Then it was back to the hotel for an early night to catch up on washing, blogs etc. tomorrow we leave and head for Assisi.
TTFN
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