Burano...

The quaint island of Burano, about 30 minutes by boat from Venice is a must to visit.

The story goes that the houses are painted different colours so that the fishermen coming
home after a trip, and probably having had too much to drink, would be able
to easily recognise their own home!
Love this story...

The canal running through the town is not that wide across.

Breakfast Burano style.
Perfectly delish...



House of Lace.
Burano is well known for its stunningly beautiful lace work, mostly handmade
by amazingly patient artists.
You can actually see older women working on their art as you
wander around the town.
I enjoyed talking to them, and finding out how they learnt to do this work, and to
see their dedication to their art.

Even the bookmarks are spesh...

The various colours of the Murano glass in some slightly more modern
jewellery designs.
Loving the brooches...

Rainbow of hearts...

Burgundy house...

Pink house...

Red  house...

Discovered a lace museum.
How lovely to walk through and seeing lacework that is hundreds of years old.
Would love to know the stories behind the pieces...

There were lots of fans, and all in different lace designs.
Some had the aged, brown look about them, that evoke romantic thoughts about
who may have used these fans...

Perhaps some lady coyly peeking out over the top at some gentleman...

Collars of all sizes to be worn with romantic dresses...



This one was huge, probably about one metre in length.
You can imagine it just hanging around the neck of some lady, and it moving
as she walked along.

Girls working in the lace stores remove the backing layers from the completed
handmade lace piece.



Details of a work in progress...

Framed lace butterflies for purchase...

Mustard house...

Yummy fish 'n' chips...

Teeny tiny cafe down one of the narrow streets in Venice had a
couple of these boards decorating the walls.
All the pieces were dug up around Venice,  probably on building sites...

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