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We caught the Water bus to Burano via Porta Sabione after a certain amount of trouble locating the pier. Burano is an enchanting place, on a human scale, with the most wonderfully coloured houses. There was a lot of washing hanging from lines below the windows, but it was Monday. We had a coffee; then looked for the Lace Museum which was shut – Monday again… |
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 Rubbish being lowered into the barge |
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 Usual Venice view in mist |
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 Bridge of Sighs |
 Sea and sky |
We took the Waterbus to Burano via Punta Sabbione
First glimpse of Burano |
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 Gas Station |
 Gnomes under an olive tree |
 Rubbish bags put out for collection |
 Monday is washing day |
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 Snicket |
 People leave their footwear outside, presumably the water is for the plants |
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| All the houses are painted in bright colours; we wondered who chose the colours. | |||||||
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 Traditional house in the middle |
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 The main street |
 Lace Museum shut on Mondays... |
 Tourist traps |
 Carabinieri |
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 Baldassare Galuppi was an Italian composer, born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Republic. He was composing at the same time as Christoph Willibald Gluck & Domenico Scarlatti. |
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 Lace and tablecloths for sale |
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 For the benefit of passers-by |
 Home made lean to? |
 Another wonky tower
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 New baby boy |
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 In need of some paint |
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 A miniature dog |
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We had lunch sitting on a pine branch. We had a wholemeal roll with pecorino and a salad; the best lunch yet, bought from the CO-OP. |
Did even more snapping as the sun came out more strongly. |
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 We did not see a black cat |
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 Iris germanica |
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 Zantedescia aethiopica |
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 Art |
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 Flamingoes |
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 from the Comedia dell'Arte |
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 Hung out to dry |
 Camouflaged cat |
 Community Centre |
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Another coffee then we caught the Water bus again. We got off at Fondamenta Nuove and walked along the waterside path as far as possible. We fell foul of what seemed to be a military area and could not get through, so we had to retrace our footsteps. We caught another Bus from Celestia to San Marco and were home by 17.00. |
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 A tiny church |
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 More washing |
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 Double Banksian Rose |
 San Francesco della Vigna
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 Campo San Francesco |
This map is a bit indistinct, but it enlarges to 1000 pixels across |
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After a short rest we went to supper at the Chinese Restaurant near the Fish Market over the Rialto Bridge called the Giardino di Giada. Peter had Schechwan pork and I had Chicken and cashews. A good meal and very reasonable. |
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