Friday 11 October – Venice

Happy Birthday, Therese! We were just leaving for breakfast in the morning and closed the door when we realised the keys were inside! No way to get back into the building or the room. Just as we left, the man who worked in the tiny office downstairs arrived. We rang the doorbell and he walked us across to the building on the opposite side of the alleyway (street). He helped us get a key from the owner!

We've been to the same breakfast place around the corner a couple of times. The owner showed thought a Kiwi was pretty good to have in his shop and showed us pictures of his three dogs!

We went to San Marco on the ferry and after sitting in the shade and having lunch (including tiramisu and chocolate gelatos) we went on our cruise to Murano and Burano. 

On Murano, the glass was nice but having seen so much of Lava Glass, price-wise it’s not advantageous – just a local status symbol that has a reputation around the world.

Next was Torchello, with an old church which was quite a way along a walking track. We decided to stop at the recent addition (added since 2005 when Graham and I were there) and get some food. Jenny bought a couple of polenta cakes and a couple of fried olives – delicious! It was such a lovely place to sit and have a coffee and the food; A lot of people did the same thing. We had less than ¼ hour before the boat left in each location, so it was all a bit rushed. 



Burano was filled with beautiful laces. It was also the most amazing town – buildings painted in all sorts of bright colours. 

We got back to Rialto about 8.00pm and went home for leftover pizza and wine for dinner, plus a couple of little cakes to celebrate Therese’s birthday.

Each day we've enjoyed yummy gelatos and/or cakes or croisants of some sort! Inidentally, coffee in Italy isn't hot unless you get a small cap or espresso or americano. Their latte's are always barely lukewarm for some reason!