Is This Really the End?! Benjamin and Trappy wasted no time asking one of the vaporetto operators for information. His name was Alvise and he knew Venice like the back of his paw. “It’s easy: Murano is famouse for its glassmaking , and Burano is known for its lace work. I’ll tell you which vaporetto to take to get to each island!” We were glad for his help, since the Venetian lagoon has lots of islands! We followed his detailed directions and easily found our way to Murano, where a master glassmaker showed us the secrets of his craft. Squeak! It was like show! watching a We took another vaporetto to get to Burano. What an enchanting place! There were brightly colored houses, a lovely leaning bell tower, and artisans who, true to tradition, were embroidering delicate Burano lace. We snapped our selfie and spent the
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afternoon wandering In the 16th century, Burano lace Burano’s colorful was highly prized thanks to streets. In fact, we almost its intricate needle-made designs. It was so highly relost track of time: We garded that the lace-makers got back to the dock just of Burano were even brought to France to teach this deliin time to catch the last cate art. vaporetto off the island! As we boarded the vaporetto, we received a message from the judges:
Congratulations, Team Stilton! You’ve reached the end of the Thousand Wonders scavenger hunt! Don’t forget to finish your travel blog . . . and good luck! In a few days, we’ll crown the winner of the competition! Once we got off the boat, we headed for Piazzale Roma (which is not far from Venice’s Santa Lucia train station), and we caught the bus to the AIRPORT . Moldy mozzarella, we could hardly believe it: it was time to go home!
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