MONDAY 18TH – STILL IN VENICE

 

 

 

A short day today. We had to be back on board by 3:00pm but we got to go to Burano, a place we had never been before.

We were surprised to find that it was a one and one quarter hour boat trip to get there so that limited the time that we could spend on the island. We did however

see a lot of the Venice lagoon and gain some understanding of its geography.

 

Burano is the place where the houses are all painted a very bright different colour. It is apparently part of the ownership covenant that the house remain painted in its allocated colour.

Venice seems to have a number of leaning church towers including this one at Burano.

Burano is to lace what Murano is to glass. Unfortunately Trish didn't have as much time as she would have liked to browse among the many lace products on display. We will have to go back.

There is no end to the variety of watercraft to be seen including this Tasmanian built wave piercer.

 

Tomorrow we are at sea for the day. No doubt there will be some interesting activities on the ship to participate in. We have already declined participation in the pub crawl and the wine tasting.