Village Camping Joker Venice
Via Fausta, 318 Venice, Veneto, 30013, Italy
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Canal Cruising
... 14.50.
After lunch we went to a special glass blowing factory and watched the italians make glass ball paper weights. I even bought a little glass gondola with colours weaved into it.
After we had finished in the factory it was about 3:00pm so we headed of to the wear house where we were going to be taught how to make the carnival Venetian masks. First we got the masks already made up ...
Island Hopping in Venice
... had has going around the main section and glimpsing the north coast, it ended up being an unnecessary hour of travel, so if you can figure out for F de Nuove is, you'll save quite a bit of time.
My first stop was Murano (though I suggest you check out Burano first, especially on a weekend). Glass galleries and workshops take over the parts of Murano that tourists visit. There didn't seem to be much else otherwise as most of the restaurants ...
Venice Wandering
Where does one start in Venice? On a vaporetti following the Grand Canal? On an island outside the main area? Just heading off away from the hostel? After hearing about long lines yesterday, it was off to Piazza San Marco to check out the Basilica. For a long-ish line, it moved fairly quickly, Admission is free though there are some areas you have to pay to access, such as 2 euro to access the Pala d'Oro, a gold altarpiece with lots of gemstones. Stunning to see. No photos ...
Viva Italia!
It was goodbye to Switzerland today and hello Italy! I couldn't quite tell you where one become the other until the announcements on the train were made in Italian. In the north of Italy, mountains still dominated the landscape. Train service in Italy is not as punctual as that in Switzerland. Instead my train was 20 minutes late into Milan and I missed my train to Venice. Never fear though as they are actually quite frequent, so I just hopped onto the next one. ...
Venice
... and the orchestra walked out of the open arena. We waited for 45 minutes and the show got started again. The performance got to exactly the same point and the rain started again. This time the rain was a lot heavier and we took shelter under cover. The performance finally started a third time at about 12.00 but at this stage all the seats were wet and I was too worried to sit on the stolen cushions, our new English ...

