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Today was another AWESOME day!
==As you can guess from the title we went to Murano and Burano ! Two small islands in the Venetian lagoon, both are famous for specialised art. Murano specialises in Glass art and Burano makes the most delicate, intricate and beautiful of all the ventian laces. == ==We headed to the islands on a Vaporetto (Ferry) quite early in the morning so we could have a long day out (and also to miss the crowds!) Our first stop was Murano. Murano is famous for its glass art and says it has been making the most excellent quality of glass since 1291!!! We had a tour and the guide was telling us how in 1291 the venetian republic forced all glass artists to move to the island! The glass blowers of Murano soon became highly respected members of society - so much so they could even marry into royal blood lines! The guide compared them to how a knight was seen back in the medieval times...Glass blowers could even carry swords with them!==

Here is a video from the glass blowing we saw!
[|Ferrari Horse made from a molten glob!] (P.S yeah sorry breaking character here, I didn't know how to put the actual video on, sorry)

Next stop was Burano!
==What can I say it was truly amazing! Much better than I thought because, well how interesting can lace making be? But the houses were my main interest! It is tradition for houses to be painted in bright colours and as all the houses are rather small it gives the island a cheerful, cozy rainbow feel! We also went to the '//Museo del merletto'// or in english the lace museum! It is in the old //'scuola di merletti'// (lace making school) and was amazing!==