Fantastic Day In Venice April 9, 2010
Posted by tiffany in : Venice , trackbackWe purchased the 12 hour mobile pass today and it turned out quite well. The pass covers all forms of public transportation(so regular buses too!). We took the water bus to the Murano and Lido islands. The water bus was also useful as a cheap boat ride after sun set. It was very nice and a lot cheaper than a water taxi.
It was exciting, we got to see how they make Murano glass. All of the glass is blown on this island only because of the risk of fire, so there are quite a few factories to visit. There is a lot of shopping on the island too, and it is a good idea to shop there if you are in the market for a large piece of murano glass for a reasonable price. We looked in the shops and saw many items that showed off their maker’s talent.
Lido Island allows road vehicles, unlike Venice or Murano. We decided to walk to the free beach on the opposite side of the island (
we forgot our bathing suites in the hotel). We walked up the beach and looked at the shells (very high shell to sand ratio) for a good hour or two before using a short cut back to the road. When we got the road, we realized that we were walking on a military base (pretty vacant one at that).
Later, we watched the bag sellers scatter and set up shop with the passing of the police (buying a counterfeit product is a felony/up to 10,000 euro fine in Italy, so I only imagine what the punishment is for selling them). 
We did some shopping today (mostly looking around), played with the masks, and bought ourselves a mask each. Haggling is the way to go when shopping around Venice; we got one down to 15 and settled.
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