Day 2, The three islands Murano, Burano, Torchello
Next day after having a long chat with beautiful Erika, (she reminded me of Botticelli’s painting) and getting some travel tips from her, we set our feet upon vaporetto to visit nearby islands of Murano & Burano. Inspite of Venice’s beauty, I was quite bored by commercialization of the city and was thinking that Paris is better (I can’t compare the cities as both have their own space in western architecture and culture).Murano was a good surprise as it’s an island of Glass manufacturer with factories and free shows (showing 
the art of glass making). Of course, there are shops everywhere as it’s the main revenue of the island. We were shocked to be warned by one of the shopkeepers to be bewaring of “glass-like” plastic objects made in China.
I strongly feel for these Italian glass manufacturers who can loose their business and extinct their talent due to cheap invasion of cheap Chinese products. Anyway, it was worth visiting. I bought some gifts for my cotenants and stored the memory of this beautiful
island in my heart and digital camera.
Next hop was island of Burano, a very beautiful place to visit, almost like heaven, it has specialty of its own;houses painted in bright colors, windows decorates with plants and flowers (even though it might be intentional) .. just eye-catching ! A small island though, covered within few minutes of walk.
Next was Torchello, or called old Venice, people say its beautiful, but I don’t know why? Everybody has their perception. There are 3 medieval churches and rest of the island is barren… beauty aside, it was quite boring and I had a haste to return to Venice.
the art of glass making). Of course, there are shops everywhere as it’s the main revenue of the island. We were shocked to be warned by one of the shopkeepers to be bewaring of “glass-like” plastic objects made in China.I strongly feel for these Italian glass manufacturers who can loose their business and extinct their talent due to cheap invasion of cheap Chinese products. Anyway, it was worth visiting. I bought some gifts for my cotenants and stored the memory of this beautiful
island in my heart and digital camera.
Next hop was island of Burano, a very beautiful place to visit, almost like heaven, it has specialty of its own;houses painted in bright colors, windows decorates with plants and flowers (even though it might be intentional) .. just eye-catching ! A small island though, covered within few minutes of walk.
Next was Torchello, or called old Venice, people say its beautiful, but I don’t know why? Everybody has their perception. There are 3 medieval churches and rest of the island is barren… beauty aside, it was quite boring and I had a haste to return to Venice.
1 Comments:
(1) When I use the abbreviation IT I’m referring to Islands Trust a local government specifically a land trust for the gulf islands of British Columbia. You have said you are an IT engineer – I’m not clear on what that is so could you please explain?
(2) Being called enthusiastic, interesting and eccentric can cut both ways in Canada. That is to say: these terms can be taken as being either insulting or complimentary, depending on the source. I’m assuming that you are using these terms in a complimentary way because I’m self confident. It’s always good to make a new friend.
(3) I wanted to answer you promptly but will not have time to actually read your blog postings carefully until this evening.
(4) This is the first time I have ever posted a comment outside of a forum and on a blog. I hope I have done this correctly.
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April 18, 2006
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