Murano

Murano, another of the many islands in Venice, is world-famous for it's glass-making. The glass is everywhere!! It is really beautiful and even after seeing so much of it, I felt compelled to look in all the windows each time I came across it. It is all pretty similar, the styles, but the details are all different. They make all kinds of vases, jewelry, clocks, sculptures, bottle-openers, dishes and things like that, and so much more! It really is beautiful! The blue sculpture is one of many you can see on the island. I saw one other one, it looked like an over-sized abacus with the large beads made from the Murano glass, in one of the squares but I didn't photograph it. Sorry. I think there are a couple more but I didn't see them while I was there. I saw them online after I got home. Wish I'd have known so I could have looked for them. Another thing to add to the to-do list for next time.




I loved to see all the ironwork all over Venice. It was everywhere I went, really, but not nearly as prominent as the glass, lace and masks. It is very detailed and its on the gates, on the windows, fences, lamps, lots of places. I like to see the shadows it makes on the stone and cobbled streets.