Murano

Today we slept in late, and made our way over to Murano, an island close to Venice, that is famous for their glass. Every single store was either sold glass or food. I bought a glass animal 'family'. Basically, you buy a set of 4 creatures of the same species and that constitutes a family. However, my family consists of 3 frogs, and 1 turtle. I have no idea how the turtle got in the family, but I found that to be part of the charm, and thus decided on that mismatched set. We walked around most of the island and saw some really cute things.

First, we stumbled upon a soccer tournament on a really small soccer field down a side street. Second, we saw a trio of old ladies walking down the street in sync, arm in arm.

Finally, we stumbled into a residential area away from all the glass stops and sat on a dock and stared out into the water. An older couple drove up in their motorboat having spent the say gathering mussels.

For dinner, we had fried calamari and pasta mmm. We then took the vaporetto back to the main island, and walked all the way home through a touristy drag.