Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Day 14: Venice

Since this was our last day in Italy, before departing for Venice, the leaders all paused for a picture with our Italian bus driver, Giancarlo.

Once we arrived in Venice, our tour began with a demonstration of how artists blow, shape, and mould pure Murano glass. In order for the glass to be considered pure, it must be made only of sand from the island of Murano, and only on the island of Murano, which lies just outside Venice.
Next we had a walking tour of the beautiful city, where we had a chance to appreciate the beautiful canals and little alleys.
And of course made more than one pass through Piazza San Marco.
After lunch it was time for our gondola ride through the canals of Venice!

After our day in Venice we said goodbye to Italy, and boarded an 11 hour overnight train for Paris.

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