One Last Day in Italy

So the day dawned on our last day in Italy, and we made our way down to the hotel restaurant for breakfast. I've commented on the tarts and cookies in Orvieto, and the hotel had more of the same - although they also had cereal, yogurt, and fruit. More importantly, they had coffee, and so did I - lots of it.

After breakfast, we checked out of the hotel, and decided to head to the islands. There are several islands which dot the Venetian coastline, the most famous of which is Torcello, however we (or rather, I) decided to head to Mazzorbo. The trip to the island took about an hour or so, but was rather nice, as it was a sunny day. The only reason that I had wanted to go to Mazzorbo was that in the guidebook, it mentioned it as an island of cats. Again, I am not a cat person, but as Michelle is, I thought she would enjoy it. I now take the liberty to submit a correction to the guidebook: it should read island of cat (singular). Mazzorbo is also amazingly small - I think we circled the whole thing in about five minutes. However, Mazzorbo did have a footbridge to Burano, which is historically known for its lacemaking. We stopped off for a final lunch, and then spent an hour or two walking about. The island was very colorful, and had numerous small shops selling all sorts of beautiful lacework and other Venetian goods. Mich and I were very tempted by the lady trying to sell us a hand-woven lace tablecloth for €80, but as we were low on funds, we turned her down. We may yet regret that. We peeked and poked through a number of shops, but stayed out of most of them, as you can imagine that you wouldn't want two small children to come close to most of that stuff.

After our visit to Burano, we headed back to Venice, stopping by St. Mark's for one last pigeon feeding, and then went, picked up our bags, and headed to the airport, bidding farewell to Italy.