Our last day in Venice. I'm actually writing this during our last morning in Venice. In a little while we'll get on the boat that takes us to the train that takes us to Milan where we'll stay overnight and then get on the plane first thing on Wednesday morning. So obviously, none of this is the fun part, but as long as we get out of Venice without either of us falling into that icky water, I think we can pretty much call this trip a success.
Yesterday, Gramma came up with the wonderful idea to take a boat out to the island of Murano where all the glass blowing studios are. She got Judith and I all excited about it, and then decided she would stay behind for fear that she was catching our tour director's cold. So Judith and I went as a pair to Murano, and we have never ever seen so much glass in our lives! It was rather impressive---each piece was impressive, and then the huge quantity of shops just full of glass. We were taken over there by a complimentary service, promptly greeted by our own personal sales representative at the dock. We got to watch the men blowing glass for a few minutes, and then we were ushered up to the showroom, where we were half-expected to buy something for hundreds, if not thousands of euros. I thought Judith might tempt herself into buying something, but she played it cool, and we got out of there emptyhanded. That really was only the beginning, because for the rest of the afternoon we were in a daze just going into dozens of little shops all up and down the canal. You'd think you would just see the same stuff over and over, but each shop had SOMEthing that was completely unique and would draw us in to look.
After we got back, Gramma and I headed out together for just a little more shopping and looking around, and then we met up with Judith, Joel, and Eileen (the remaining pieces of our tour group) and went out for our last dinner together.
It's been a really nice group, a nice tour, a very rich and enjoyable time with Gramma. I'm amazed at how much music we heard, how much opera we saw, food we ate, beautiful buildings we walked into and out of.
This will be the final post for this blog. Thanks to all of you who've been reading along and dropping comments. It's been fun sharing this with everyone!
5 comments:
Christie,
I just finished reading your entire blog, albeit backwards. It was such a wonderful commentary on your trip with your Grandmother. Thank you for taking the time to do it!
Victoria Foote
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