May 22nd

May 22nd-

Today we went on a tour in Venice. The tour lady gave us some really good history information on San Marco's square. It was very interesting to see and hear the history of the place. From how the place once use to look like and what certain areas were used for. For example, there was an area that was used for a prison. So the prisoners were kept there in the square. It wasn't until later that they decided to build the prisons away. 

After the tour, we headed to Murano. Murano is where they make lots of glass items. They make from jewelry, dishes, chandeliers, crucifixions, figures, quill pens, and etc. I mean it was incredible. I was able to see the man working on a dolphin. He had these long sticks that looked like a glue stick for a hot glue gun but of course it was glass. The had all different colors. He had a flame on and he would just get to work. When he would put the stick near the open flame p, the glass started to melt. It looked sticky and gooey, just like the glue when you use a glue gun. He used the clear one and the blue one. He would stretch some parts of the body and remelt it if needed in order to make the dolphin right. Then he also used black to make the eyes in the glass dolphin. Every little detail counts in order to make it look spectacular. I stood there and watched and watched him make one dolphin after the other. 

After Murano, we were suppose to go to another island in Venice. This island is famous for the lace but since we ended up not going... I can't remember the name of the island. When we got done shopping and walking around in Murano, we took a water bus and headed back to where we belonged. Ugh! If only it wouldn't of been raining we would of continued walking around and maybe exploring other islands. Since it was raining we went back to the hotel and began to pack for our next journey. Time to say goodbye to this beauty.