Chapter 9
They got out of the vaporetto that had carried them through the islands of the lagoon. The ladies had descended in Burano and contemplated the manufacture of crystal objects, a craft that proved dazzling for Lena, inhabitant of a completely technological world. The American had refrained from buying any of the glass pieces because of the difficulty of transporting the object without breaking it, but she had acquired pieces of lace after haggling with the sellers helped by the translation of Tiziana who seemed to have a lot of fun watching the bargaining process.
At the Ponte della Accademia they boarded onto a gondola . In spite of Lena´s concerns the gondoliero, dressed in his classic cap and striped T-shirt, wasn´t surprised at all transporting two ladies in a circuit desig
