From Venice we took a boat to the island of Murano. This is where the world famous Murano glass is made.

We went directly to the factory where we watched a master artisan hand craft a piece. This is the only location where everything is hand made and not machine produced. I tried to upload a video so you could see the work in progress but couldn’t get it small enough so can only show you the artisan at the beginning and again with what he made in front of us in less than 3 minutes!

After the demonstration we had time to look through the showroom. As you can imagine, these amazing pieces were quite expensive. Much more so than ones factory produced. I’d promised myself a piece of Murano glass as a souvenir and had to look hard to find something in my price range. I settled for this small, beautiful fish.

Another boat took us to our next stop, the island of Burano. This area is filled with brightly coloured buildings. We went on a walking tour to admire them before stopping for dinner. 

We had been told to wear bright clothing that day and after dinner were given the challenge to take our pictures in front of a building that matched our clothing. Challenge accepted! Emily and I enjoyed doing this and got some fun pictures.