Murano & Burano: The Islands of Venice
We spent our second day in Venice touring the islands. We caught one of the ferries first to Murano famous for its glass. As soon as we stepped off the boat the glass shops began. They lined both sides of the waterway and continued throughout the island. We decided after shopping in three or four of the shops that all of the pieces started looking a like. Plus, how would we get one of these chandeliers home in are already overstuffed luggage? We did find a Christmas ornament we liked and went into the shop to buy it. The very proud owner had signs posted around his shop warning tourists to protect the Murano name by not buying fake glass . Because of the ferver he had, we are confident our ornament is 100% authentic Murano glass. We asked the shop keeper if it was worth taking a glass making tour. He said there really weren't any tours, but that the big glass stores showed you around their shop and then up-char...