Sunday, August 16, 2009
♥ 1:44 AM
Saturday morning we woke up a bit early again and had our continental breakfast at the hotel before going back upstairs to cram all of our stuff back into our suitcases for checkout. We stored our luggage at the Hotel and got on the waterbus by our hotel to head out to Murano, the glass blowing island just off of Venice.
When we got there, we spent a few hours wandering around looking through the shops. The things that they sell are absolutely amazing. It’s all so beautiful and complex but there are so many different shops selling similar items, or even completely unique items that it must be really tough competition. Since mom had already bought a glass ring on the main island she tried to find a necklace to match it but didn’t, and I found myself a necklace and a ring. Mom also got a glass bulb (like a Christmas ornament, not light bulb) and a candle holder because everything was so unique that we wanted something, but it’s not as if we could have gotten much of that stuff home. The chandeliers were especially amazing, but I can’t even imagine how much it would cost to ship that back to the states (not to mention the price of the chandelier itself…).
Then we went and saw one of the artists blowing glass and he made a vase in about 15 minutes or less. It was really cool and interesting to watch, I still have no idea how they do it.
We then got back on the waterbus and wandered around a bit to find a place where we could get a quick sandwich before heading back to the hotel to pick up our luggage. After getting our luggage (and a quick shoe change on my part) we headed to the train station to get a ticket, but unfortunately we had bad timing and the next one didn’t leave for 2 hours so we sat on the steps, mom went to get some water and a cannoli and then we got on the train and headed back to Firenze!
Once there, mom decided we should walk to our hotel, which resulted in us being on the wrong side of the road and having to double back – but we ended up finding a really good pizza place to eat at because of it. We got to the hotel, set up one for tomorrow night in Rome and then went to bed.
Now this morning we just went to breakfast and are about to check out and store our luggage to explore Florence for a few hours before we have to catch a train to Rome! Internet is timed at this hotel, so pictures tomorrow!
The End.