burano Archives - Photo Tips, Creative Photography + Travel Guides - The Wandering Lens Photo Tips and Travel Guides for Photographers - Photography Locations + Photogenic Experiences Thu, 06 Apr 2017 16:44:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.thewanderinglens.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/cropped-olympus-housing-32x32.jpg burano Archives - Photo Tips, Creative Photography + Travel Guides - The Wandering Lens 32 32 The most colourful and well laundered village in Europe https://www.thewanderinglens.com/burano-the-most-colourful-village-in-europe/ https://www.thewanderinglens.com/burano-the-most-colourful-village-in-europe/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2016 07:01:30 +0000 http://www.thosewhowander.com.au/?p=911 Burano is like a rainbow lollipop of Italian goodness. A short ferry (Vaporetti) ride from Venice, Italy, this little gem sits proudly with such a distinctive appearance and joyful vibe that a visit is essential if you’re in the area. Stepping off the Vaporetti, the first thing I noticed wasn’t the colours, the boats or the canals, it was the smell of laundry so strong I couldn’t resist sniffing my way to the source. Following the scent I turned a corner and before me appeared a giant set of white linen sheets flapping in the wind and strung high across the street. As the sheets blew with a gust they revealed the entrance to a canal lined with coloured facades of blue, purple, red, yellow, green…then every shade in between. It was a laundry powder advertisement happening right in front of my eyes. I had come to Burano for the colours but was instantly taken by the laundry. Being a tad obsessed with colour and symmetry as I wandered the streets I noticed that almost every single home was hanging laundry from their window sills in that picture postcard kind of way. The homes appear to colour code their laundry...

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