Friday, November 1, 2013

Day 4 ~ Venice Continued


Today’s post will be quick since it is late. The crowds were extra large today since it is a holiday here in Italy (Nov. 1 is All Saints Day). We leisurely waded our way through all of the throngs of people to the north of the Grand Canal. We eventually arrived at St Mark’s Cathedral and went inside, where they were still playing organ music from the morning’s holiday mass.


A Gondola approaches Rialto bridge


 Colonnade in Piazza di San Marco


The amazing golden mosaics of St. Mark's Cathedral

We looked around inside for a while before heading to lunch. The afternoon brought us to the island of Murano north of the main part of Venice for a glass blowing demonstration and a purchase as a gift from Amy and Mom (Thank you very much!) Today was a mostly leisurely day, but still tiring and we are heading off to bed now, Goodnight all!


The beautiful art of glass blowing

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