Burano, Italy

   Burano, Italy

      As you have probably seen on my Facebook and Instagram, you know that Aaron, Connor, and I did a little exploring this weekend. We have visited Venice multiple times, and even visited one of the islands off it named Murano, but we had never been to the island of Burano. I have seen many beautiful pictures of it's colorful buildings and knew we had to make a trip at least once before we move back to the the states.

    Our day started later than normal. We couldn't decide what we wanted to do and if we should wait to visit Burano today, Sunday, when could get an earlier start. I looked at the weather and saw that rain was in the forecast, so our decision was made to go yesterday. After eating lunch at our house, we made the hour long drive to Venice. After parking, we purchased tickets to use the vaporetto {waterbus} and took to it one of the stops to catch a boat going a different route. We had to get on a total of 3 different boats and made about 15 stops before we finally got to Burano.

 Waiting for a waterbus.

 Venice

   We finally made it to Burano after riding the waterbus for a total of about 1.5 hours.  The beautiful brightly colored buildings were visible the moment we got off the boat. Burano is known for lace making, so there were shops everywhere selling it.

 You can see the leaning bell tower in the background.

Just a couple of the many flower filled windowsills.

 You can really see how much the bell tower is leaning here.

 Right: Connor posed himself.

    As soon as we got off the boat, the smell of fresh cooked seafood filled the air. I wasn't hungry before, but immediately was as soon as I smelled it. Connor couldn't stop saying that he wanted to find an "eat place." After walking around the island, we found a restaurant that was open and ate a wonderful early dinner.

 I love this little boy more than he will ever know!

 Eating bread with parmigiana cheese.

 I love the contrast between the houses. I read that if they want to repaint their house, then they have to send a letter to the government and they will give them a list of colors to choose from.

 Connor requested strawberry gelato after lunch.

   We left Burano shortly after eating. There was such a long line to get back on the waterbus that two boats filled up before we could get on. Aaron and I grabbed gelato for ourselves at one of the stops. 

Unfortunately, while I was taking the picture above of my delicious treat, Aaron was paying and somehow forgot his wallet on the counter. We didn't realize it until we were on a water bus headed back to our car.  We got really nervous that he got pickpocketed, but knew where we were when he used it last. We got on a different bus and went back to the Gelateria. Thankfully they had it and were actually in the process on looking him up on Facebook. Thank goodness for technology ;) After that, we were done! We finally made it back to the car and drove back home after a fun filled day of exploring someplace new.  

XOXO,

Jenn