Wednesday, December 22, 2010

A weekend in the City on Water!

This weekend, I traveled with Annie and her mom to Venice for two nights.

We arrived around 8:30pm to a city covered in snow! It was very pretty until we got a bit lost finding our way to the hotel...
View of the Church of St. Mary of Health and the Grand Canal


Walking around Venice was a bit tricky, but the vaporetti or water buses were great.
A water bus or vaporetto on the Grand Canal
On Sunday, we took a ferry to the islands of Murano and Burano in the Venetian Lagoon. Murano is best known for its glass, of which Annie and her mother bought plenty...lol
Glassblowing demonstration on Murano
 Burano is known for two things, its handmade lace and its colorful buildings.
The colorful buildings of Burano
On Monday, Annie's mom treated us all to a gondola ride! It had been one of her dreams to take a gondola ride in Venice.

Overall, the Venetian adventure was great, now its off to Berlin!

Ciao for now,
Kyle

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