October 9th-11th, 1970 / Venice trip: After a ten-minute ride on the lagoon ferry, we arrived on nearby Murano, an island which seemed to be a miniature version of Venice. The main attraction was a glass-blowing factory. Gaudy goblets anyone?
October 9th-11th, 1970 / Venice trip: A cozy courtyard on the island of Torcello where St. Thomas Aquinas was believed to have drunk red wine whenever he was “in town” eight-hundred-and-fifty years ago.
October 9th-11th, 1970 / Venice trip: The island of Torcello, famous for its pre-Gothic church built in 639 AD.
