ITALY - DAY 11 It was back to Venice today to explore the city on water. As we headed to our first stop, Murano Glass Factory, we found out that the public transport was on strike, so getting back to the hotel was going to be interesting. We sat down and was amazed by the talents of the glass blowers as within five minutes he had created a vase. Then his father a master glass blower, created a horse. It took no more than two minutes from the time he took the ...

ITALY - DAY 10 We left Assisi behind and headed by bus towards Venice. We drove for several hours, stopped for morning tea, drove another two hours, stopped for lunch and drove a further two hours before arriving at our hotel. We are not staying in the heart of Venice, not even the outskirts. We are staying approximately half an hour from Venice. After waiting around the hotel for an hour we headed into Venice by water taxi to tour the sights and smells befor...