Venice- Murano and gondolas

After our breakfast we rang Liat Ham who is also in Venice to try to arrange to meet up today. We were both heading for Murano and after a cruise down the grand canal we headed over there. We managed to bump into each other and went for a light lunch together. While at Murano we watched another glass blowing demonstation .We said our goodbyes and headed back home to the hotel. We skyped Ben and then watched a bit of the soccer game in the airconditioning.The temp. today would have been over 35 degrees. While the game was on we headed out for a gondola ride as it was nice and quiet and not so crowded .We then went over to the Accademia bridge to have tea overlooking the canal. While we were eating, a HUGE cruise ship came passed the entrance to the grand canal. It was taller than most of the buildings and looked very out of place. We walked over the bridge and explored a few more streets and then headed home . Joel and I went straight back to near our hotel to sit by the canal for a while as the sun set and Jim and Carlie stopped off at the Rialto for some last minute shopping and to get gelati tart for dessert.