Next stop was the very colorful island of Burano. The men are mostly fishermen, and centuries ago they started a tradition of painting their houses in bold colors so they could pick out their houses from sea. While the men were at sea, the women kept themselves busy making lace, which is now the island's main industry. There are dozens of shops selling the lace, and lots of workshops where you can see it being made. Lace apparently was never as interesting as glass, and Venice never had an assassination team targeting defecting lacemakers. I share in that general lack of lace interest, so we didn't stay here that long.