Venice Day 3
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection…………. many superlatives would not do justice to describe this magnificent collection of modern art, set up in Peggy’s home on the Grand Canal. She had a penchant for the surreal and avant –garde, so we were up close and personal with works from Picasso, Miro, Ernst, Dali and Jackson Pollock and many others.
From here we took a ferry to the Lido, an island off Venice which is a beach resort for the locals…not anything like the beaches we are familiar with and not where I would go for a beachside holiday, but the main town is lovely and had some very interesting shops, but they close from 12.00 – 16.00, just the time were there. Here there are cars and buses unlike Venice, as there are no canals on the island. We then hopped on
another ferry to the island of Murano. This is similar to Venice with canals winding through it and is the home to the Venetian glass makers. We enjoyed wandering around the various glass factories and saw some beautiful pieces that we were tempted to purchase, but the prices were out of our league.
Our dinner that evening, as it waqs Chris’s birthday was inside at a little seafood reataurant. All the prices looked very reasonable but we asked the waiter for his recommendation…… “flounder for 2 with tomato and potato”…..BIG MISTAKE….
When the bill arrived the fish was priced at 98 euros (about A$150)…when asked about it we were told that it was priced on weight!!!!!!!! Note to all…don’t order flounder in Venice!!!
From here we took a ferry to the Lido, an island off Venice which is a beach resort for the locals…not anything like the beaches we are familiar with and not where I would go for a beachside holiday, but the main town is lovely and had some very interesting shops, but they close from 12.00 – 16.00, just the time were there. Here there are cars and buses unlike Venice, as there are no canals on the island. We then hopped on
another ferry to the island of Murano. This is similar to Venice with canals winding through it and is the home to the Venetian glass makers. We enjoyed wandering around the various glass factories and saw some beautiful pieces that we were tempted to purchase, but the prices were out of our league.
Our dinner that evening, as it waqs Chris’s birthday was inside at a little seafood reataurant. All the prices looked very reasonable but we asked the waiter for his recommendation…… “flounder for 2 with tomato and potato”…..BIG MISTAKE….
When the bill arrived the fish was priced at 98 euros (about A$150)…when asked about it we were told that it was priced on weight!!!!!!!! Note to all…don’t order flounder in Venice!!!
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