Floating gently along the green water in a relaxing atmosphere, admiring the buildings lining Venice’s canals, with your newfound friends was a great experience.

The gondola ride was definitely worth the money and time as we saw a large proportion of Venice by their main means of transportation.

With the gondola ride finished we wondered down the main waterfront to do even more shopping and to eat gelato for the last time in Italy. I think most members of our group are going to miss the lemon gelato and the wide variety of delicious flavors available.

Shelley and Jack remained behind to continue their shopping while the other remaining group caught a ferry to Marino Island. Marino Island is famous for the production of Marino glass and their glass products.

The glass blowers skill and craftsmanship as he shaped the molten glass before our eyes into a vase and then a horse with minimal effort was excellent to watch and well worth the ferry trip to the island.

The entire island was basically filled with small boutique glass shops containing masterpieces of glass products available for purchase. With the last ferry leaving we board the ferry to see beautiful sunsets on the horizon.

After dinner the group explored the waterfront at night, which was spectacular with the street lamps and the lights glittering on the water.

You could hear the shouts of laughter from down the street from the game of spoons, which was being played in the hotel by the younger members of our group until late into the night.




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    Katie Smith

    Is a 16 year old student from United Youth Media (UYM), studying year 10 at Melba Secondary College in Melbourne.  Katie is delighted to be the second member of UYM to be the touring media guru for IOE.  Check for her daily updates as Katie reports on the fun times she and her touring party will be having.