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The Rest of
our day on Murano
March 2012 trip to Madrid,
Venice,
Verona,
Milan
and Paris.
Venice: Water taxi,
Sestiere di Castello, San
Marco in the morning,
Murano, Ristorante
A Beccafico, Secret Itinerary Tour, Campanile,
Cathedral Basilica, Osteria
Ae Sconte, Rialto Markets, Jewish
Ghetto,
San Giorgio Maggiore, Santa
Maria della Salute, Gondola Ride
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Museo Vetrario (Glass Museum)
Tuesday continued
We went to Murano thinking it would be easy to find and
see glass artists at work. When we didn't see any obvious opportunities,
we started asking the people in the shops and the restaurant, but mostly
got replies that people didn't know, or it had to be arranged as a group.
We did have someone tell us where they thought we could see them work and
directions back to an area we had already visited, but when traveled there
and asked, we were sent off with directions to a totally different part
of the island to a place we couldn't find.
The people at the Museo Vetrario (Glass Museum) couldn't
even help us.
Near the end of the day, we did find a couple of places
that sometimes allow the public to view their artists at work, but in one
case "not today" or in the other "in the morning." They were both within
about 50 yards of the Faro vaporetto stop.
Basilica dei Santi Maria e Donato is known for its 12th Century
mosaic floor, the Byzantine mosaic in the apse and
containing the remains of St. Donato and the bones of the dragon
he killed with his saliva on the Greek island of Cephalonia
View from the bridge in front of the Basilica dei Santi Maria e Donato
(prints of this photo are available at Finearts
America)
Clothes lines on a building across the canal from the Basilica dei
Santi Maria e Donato (prints of this photo are available at Finearts
America)
We stumbled across this nice campi while looking for a shortcut to
the lighthouse in the distance
Giardino Italia (Italian Garden) is made of 150 glass elements to celebrate
the 150th anniversary of the 1861 Unification of Italy
Glass ducks public art near the lighthouse
Faro di Murano Lighthouse
This 6-oared caorline rowing rowing team was practicing off the Muarno
shore (prints of this photo are available at Finearts
America)
Sun setting behind San Giorgio Maggiore as we return to our hotel
(prints of this photo are available at Finearts
America)
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