Today we combined cruising around the Venice Lagoon in Vaporetti...water buses...with some museum visits. First up, we took a "bus" around the main island of Venice before heading off north across the lagoon to the island of Murano. Here we got off at the first stop and wandered down the main "street". Our eventual destination was the Museo del Vetro...a museum dedicated to the history of Venetian glass making. Although not a big museum, it was full of fascinating pieces of Venetian glass...unlike most of the nearby glass shops which were full of tourist trinkets.
After lunch it was off to the dock for the next boat...this time a much longer trip to Burano and the Museo del Merletto...a museum dedicated to the history of lace making in the region. Housed in 1870s artisan school, this small museum had some wonderful examples of the craft...and a couple of wonderful old lace makers working away.
With storm clouds brewing, it was on to our final boat for the day...back to San Marco via the mainland towns of Treporti, Punta Sabbioni and Lido. We did think about getting off at Lido but it was looking more and more like rain and by now, we were rather tired.
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