Next Adventure: Onto Murano where I stayed at the Hotel Al Soffiador. "Al Soffiador", Giorgio taught me, means "master glass-blower".

And I was blown away. The entire island-city is an artists' colony of glass blowing! Glass, glass, glass. Glass beads, glass lamps, glass chandeliers, glass glasses, glass cups and saucers, more glass beads, paperweights, you name it and they sell it in glass.