Our Italy Trip – Burano, Italy

John and I went to Italy in June to celebrate graduation. We have talked for years about visiting Italy after graduation but never really made any plans. As graduation approached we actually discussed visiting Russia, since this is where John served his mission. However, as the time to travel came closer we still hadn’t secured our visas or made any travel plans. So last minute we changed our minds and decided to go to Italy instead. We bought our plane tickets about 3 weeks before we left. One of my med school friends went to Italy and Croatia before graduation and we used her Italy itinerary as a guide for our trip. We flew into Rome and spent 3 days there. Then we took a train to Florence and spent 2 days shopping and discovering that beautiful city. Then we took another train and went to Cinque Terre which was probably my favorite stop on the trip (more about this later). Then we ended our vacation in Venice.

During our layover at JFK, John sat next to an older gentleman who had a very nice Nikon camera. He started chatting with his and discovered he was talking to photographer icon Jay Maisel.  Jay is no small name in the photography industry…he has been shooting for over 50 years and has been named a “master of light” and one of the “30 most influential photographers of the decade”.  You can imagine that John was in heaven!!! During their conversation he asked where we were going in Italy. John mentioned Venice and he told us about Burano. He stated it was one of his favorite places in the world to photograph. Our last day in Italy was spent in Burano which was a couple hours away from Venice by boat. It is absolutely beautiful. It is definitely the most colorful place we have ever been. I like how John describes it: “It was like walking around in a box of crayons.

Here are a few pics from Burano. To see the rest, visit John’s blog post about it here: http://blog.johnsharpephotography.com/2010/07/burano-italy-travel-photography/

                     

I absolutely loved this little island town and highly recommend visiting it if you are ever in Venice. John posted more pics of Burano on his photography blog here: http://blog.johnsharpephotography.com/2010/07/burano-italy-travel-photography/

More Italy fun to come…