A Day Out: Mazzorbo & Burano

 While going through photos from our trip to Umbria and Venice in the fall, I realized that I had not really taken a true look at them.

  I guess when we arrived back home, we had to hit the ground running...and I just sort of filed them away for another time. 

  Another time? What the? 

  I have got to start paying attention to my intentions! 

  Please, Dear Lord of Blogging...don't let me become one of those bloggers that all of a sudden drops off the map, and when you visit the blog, the last entry was from.. like, 2 years ago….Amen.

  

  Let's get back to the task at hand.

  We had an awesome trip, and did so much in such a short amount of time. Lots of art, food and stunning views, of course. This was our forth time in Venice, and we always go to take in the Biennale,  one of the longest running contemporary art exhibitions in the world. 

  I look forward to posting more about it soon….

  While visiting Venice, one of our best 'look forward to' outings is a boat ride to Mazzorbo for lunch, followed by a walk around Burano. I do believe we have done this each time we have traveled to Venice. We always have lunch at the same little trattoria, and the walk about afterwards usually includes a stop for a glass of wine before hopping the boat to head back to Venice proper.

  The boat ride is a big part of the fun, as we get to see Venice from out on the water....

  

It's always good to choose a nice day for this little adventure.

It was nice to see the Campanile without
scaffolding. It looks lovely.

Gets a little choppy when you head out of the Grand Canal.

  Mazzorbo/Burano are about a 40 minute boat ride from Venice, I'm thinking. Just long enough to feel like you've gone somewhere different....And you have.
  Both little island communities are well known for their super-saturated colored houses. These are images famous around the world, for sure.
  I still snap plenty of my own photos...who wouldn't?
  We were early for lunch on this day trip, so we took some time to walk around to the outskirts of Mazzorbo. Not hard to do, as the place is pretty tiny.
  Colorful, though.

I just fell hard for the detail around these windows.

Three separate places to live, distinguished by color, of course.

We came across these beauties in a small garden on Mazzorbo.
Perfection!

Another lovely 'find'.....

Venice just across the way.

  We were there on a Monday, and evidently someone had just been married the day before. We followed this trail of balloons along several fences leading first to the small church, and then to the reception site.

  

All along the way we found balloons and pink ribbons from the wedding
the day before. I could just imagine the whole community being involved in this.

Buon Fortunata, Giulia and Dario!

  After spending some time checking out the church, which was beautiful, we headed back to our favorite lunch spot, Trattoria alls Maddalena. We had made sure it was open on a Monday, and that the weather would be nice enough to sit outside, just how we like it.

It soon filled up outside, and seemed as though we were the only
folks speaking English. A good sign!

  Naturally in this area, seafood reigns supreme. We 'oooo' and 'ahhh' over plates of whole fried fish and piles of prawns as they go by, but we stick to the few vegetarian items available here.

  For the two of us, it's a must visit...the food is fine... very simple, nothing really super fantastic. We just love sitting outside and relaxing as we watch the small fishing boats slip by. We have been sitting here when fishing boats pull up, tie off, and the occupants just hop out for lunch.

  There are better known places to have meal here, but this one is "our place".

We started with a caprese salad.....

...and some very pretty grilled polenta.

This is what I am talking about, people.
Simple. Tasty.

  As for our main dish, we both had spaghetti with a red sauce. The sauce here is very nice, and the thing that brings us back the most. It totally reminds me of my grandma's 'gravy'....

  I know this looks very main stream, but we'll go again and again, just because. We just love the location, which is way off the beaten path of the over crowded Burano.

Grilled veggies. A must.

We had a half litre of the house white, which we slowly sipped
as we finished our pasta...

…then split dessert.
House made tiramisu, which we hardly ever order,
but this one is very yummy.

  Needless to say, we were a couple of happy campers.

p.s. I had no idea how freaking HUGE those sunglasses are!
p.s.s. they hide many sins....

  Having filled our bellies, we had two choices.

  1) Take a long nap in the sun.

  2) Take a walk around Burano and behold the beauty.

  We went for the walk. Life is too short to nap...especially when you have only a few precious days left in Venice.

  

  First we went through the little park nearby, and saw the old and leaning church tower...

This is also the vineyard that is now part of the upscale hotel,
Venissa. A bit rich for our blood, but fun to walk through!
You should look into it, though.

  Afterwards, it was just a long, gentle stroll along the canals and through the narrow streets of colorful Burano.......

Johnny says this looks like something out of
"The Wizard of Oz".

Candyland!

"I live in the little yellow house,
between the blue house and the purple house".

  I am so glad I went back to look at my photos. It's like a little taste of something good.
  I hope we can return in 2017 for the next Biennale, and look forward to posting something about the artwork I liked this year.

  Venice is a dream.