For us adding a day to the beginning of the trip didn't seem like we got to see what we wanted to see. A lot of it I think was jet lag, being tired, the thrill of being in a foreign country, just wanting to soak everything up and there was SO MUCH to take in!! We didn't make it to St. Marks Square, but we did see it from the ship twice. Once when we went on our tour cruise to Murano and Burano islands, and the other time when we left Venice heading south. In between all this we still had to haul our luggage to the ship and do our initial boarding on Holland America.
It was quite a treat to see the city of Venezia from a higher advantage point. We took the cruise to Murano and Burano. Murano is the island where they have several glass making/blowing companies. These glass works were moved to the island by royal decree at the end of the 13th century because of the fire hazard. So we took a tour cruise to one of glass works: Ferro-Lazzarini. There were quite a few people so it was hard to get any 'great' shots from my point of view. I've been to glass works studios before so I knew what to expect. Here's a shot of the glass blower making one of his famous horses. I was quite surprised to hear from the tour guide that the men we see in this shop today will be the last of the glass blowers as the young people don't want to take up the occupation. I had a hard time believing that. Maybe they should send out some job notices to Tacoma and Seattle. Chihouly doesn't seem to have any issues with the younger generation!
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