But first back near St. Marks, which is near the boat docks. This is the famous bridge of sighs. The courthouse is on he left and the prison on the right and the prisoners would sigh as they were marched across the bridge to their cells. How romantic is that!
Lady making lace items by hand to sell to the tourists. She said I could take the pix, but most would not let me,
Our senior group at lunch, which was in a pleasant restaurant run by a family. They were very friendly and the food was excellent and not any more expensive than elsewhere we have eaten. Again, pasta, pizza and salads are the norm, and since they are carbs, I am gaining weight.
Some of the homes in this village are painted colorfully, which reminded me of Mexico, also they call the streets calle here too. There are no vehicles in this village, the policemen ride bikes.
This is the island of Burano, which is much like Murano, but here they blow glass at many different foundearies and sell it in many stores. We spent the morning at Murano and the afternoon at Burano, they look very similar and neither have vehicles.
They are very strict about not letting you take pictures of glass blowing or of things made. This is not a very good example, some of the things they make are breath taking.
This street in Treviso is near a water way, and in the old days carriages drove down the right side, under the portico, but now it is only for walking.
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Well, it is time for bed (9:45) and I am still tired from the weekend. Since we were gone on Friday, I had double my work to do today. We started at 8 am and finished work at 8, went up and ate dinner and then came back down to finish up this blog, while Myrna is working on entering baptisms. She just started being the baptism recorder for the mission today. Another day in the life of a mission office couple.
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