Venice, Italy

We stayed at the
Hotel Ai Mori D'Oriente

The view
from around our hotel

Two photos of St. Mark's Square

Hanging with Derek Hammond

On the Island of
Murano (The Glass Isle)
We went to a place where
they were making some of
the most exquisite glass
I have ever seen.

The men above have placed
three different colors of glass
in the furnace

They then begin melting the
glass together and blowing
it into shape.

Two photos of the glass:
The above with my iPhone
camera.

We next went over to
Burano, a small island
famous for it's
colorful houses.

Silk and masks:
the area is famous
for both.

Me, Joseph, and Colonel
taking one of our many
water taxi rides.

Marine Captain Bill McCall (retired)
and his wife, Wally.

Our last day in Venice
we decided to have lunch
at Hotel Cipriani
(pronounced Chip-re-AWN-ee)

It was a great eleven days of good work,
good friends, and good food!

Copyright, Monte E Wilson, 2009