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| On Murano |
Today we used our three-day vaporetto passes to go by boat to
Murano, the nearest of the three northerly islands. Weather still a bit dull. After a nice breakfast again, we took the number 2 to Zaccaria and then caught the number 7 to Murano. We passed by the Giardini and a church with a square tower (Santa Elena?), saw the sports stadium, a church with a grey dome and the car ferry S Nicolo. We stopped off at Navigero and strolled along the canal bank, over a bridge and went into the
glass museum. Sadly some rooms were closed to redesign. Then we strolled along another canal and found a place to have a drink by the bridge.
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| Colourful boats on Murano |
We then explored further, and by now the sun was quite hot. We found a rather strange place for lunch near
Colonna. I had melon and ham and Richard had spaghetti carbonara (probably not as nice as home-made). We caught the no. 7 boat back, without me buying any glass. A lot of it was a bit tacky.
We got off again at San Zaccaria and strolled past the
Bridge of Sighs. There were choirs performing outside, some better than others. I went into the Basilica shop and bought some postcards of the four horses in the museum. Then we had an icecream and sat in the
Giardinetti Reale. Peaceful.
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| Spritz or campari? |
We took the boat back to the hotel and had a rest. Then we took boat no. 1 to Tronchetto and got off at an earlier stop to find a 'hidden square'. Nowhere for a drink there so we walked to
Ferrovia (the station) and had a spritz bitter. We returned to Zattere with the no. 2 and went into open sea and saw cruise ships, docks etc. At Zattere we had dinner at the Italian restaurant near the boat stop.I had papardelle with porcini and roast chicken and chips. We had a glass of Pinot Grigio which was dry and refreshing. Then we sat outside for coffee and listened to the accordion player. We didn't have any change for him.
I slept badly and felt hot and then cold.
