Day 8 –Venice - Friday, January 10th 2014: Georgina Meggetto

After taking a short boat trip we arrived at another island of Venice. Upon arrival we were greeted by a guide who showed us around the museum and basilica. We were told about the 24 carat gold covering the ceiling and the symbolism of the paintings covering the walls along with general history of Venice.

After the tour we were given free time to have lunch and spend some money and then again we were on a boat to the island of Murano to see a demonstration of glass blowing. While looking so simple, the technique was very technical and confusing, but the artist looked like he had been blowing glass for a million years and had everything down to a T. After this, we then had some free time for shopping, although the majority of the group went home after a long hard day of walking steps, boat trips and shopping.

Georgina Meggetto

Kildare College