Venice Day 2

Today we visited the neighboring Islands of Murano, Burano, and Mozzorca. But first we went to the Rualta market,a market of fish, fruits and vegetables. We walked through the stalls and then chose a place nearby for breakfast. We sat next to a group of high school aged boys here in a school trip from Croatia. They highly recommended visiting there.

We took the water bus first to Murano, an island known for making glass. We watched a small demonstration of a master making glasses with the blown technique and then a horse with the stretch technique. Afterwards we admired all of the works in the shop. Beautiful work, but also very expensive. There are about 30 glass factories left in the island. It takes 20 years to become a master of the craft. Much of their work is commissioned.

Back on the"bus" to the island of Burano. This is a completely different island - very colorful buildings, laid back, and known for their lace. We walked around enjoying the colorful scenery and then stopped at a Italian like brewery for lunch. The paninis were delicious and went well with our craft beers.

After strolling a bit more we walked over a bridge to the island of Mozzorca. This island has a lot of green space and it's very quiet. It has a church, a handful of houses, and a exclusive resort. The resort has a Michelin star restaurant and they have installed many sculptures to look at you stroll through their vineyards. This would be a nice plane to stay if you wanted to be away from all crowds.

Back in the bus and back to Venice. We enjoyed a coffee by the water before going to our room for a short rest. We went to a concert of Vivaldi concertos at the church (not the original) where he worked as a composer and concertmaster for the church as well as giving lessons to the girls in the orphanage. The concert was an hour long, just long enough, and the musicians were outstanding.

Following the concert we decided to have a true Venetian meal as suggested by Chat gpt. The Taverna Scalinetto is a family business and serves traditional Venetian foods. We had Baccala mantecato - creamed cod on baked polenta with ink, Bigoli in salsa - thick spaghetti noodles with anchovies and onions, and Seppia in nero con polenta - cuttlefish (type of squid) in ink with polenta, a bottle of white wine, followed by Tiramisu and coffee. All very good!

We got to bed later than planned as we leave in the morning, but we enjoyed it last night in Venice.Read more