Roaming Through Europe
Italy - Venice and surrounding area 06/13/2010
To those family members who visited Venice with us in Sept 2007, attenzione! (Nicky's favourite expression!) This time Venice was a little less crowded, and some gondoliers were actually 'touting' for customers. We managed to gain entrance to the Doges Palace with little difficulty, perhaps due to the time of year, time of day, to the fact that we pre-purchased our tickets, or was it just plain luck? We spent about 3 hours there, and it still was not enough time; however, we were 'museumed out' at that point and the weather was very hot. We walked across the 'Bridge of Sighs', but we were fortunate enough to be able to walk out freely! Although there was 'modern' grafitti etched in the prison walls, it was clear that some of the etchings were from centuries ago! We spent three days walking around Venice and the island of Burano! We explored the back streets, canals and bridges, rode the vaporetto in, across and around Venice, and took the vaporetto to Burano, stopping enroute in Murano (glass production). We loved Burano, it is much quieter than Venice, and is incredibly colourful (see a couple of photos in the photo gallery). Burano, like Venice, has many 'masks' for sale, but their provenance is not always clear. We bought one mask, in Venice, from a shop/workshop that actually makes them on site. Needless to say, they are more expensive than those sold in St. Marks Square, but we prefered to purchase the 'genuine' article! Out to look at Austrian castles now, so will update the posting later. Ciao! Commentslynne Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:04:07 got your card of burano which looks amazing..it is the must visit list! :) Nicky Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:24:35 vivienne, I am so glad you're having a nice time. I will never forget our trip and as always your pictures a beautiful. Comments are closed. |
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