burano

We finally made it to Burano after some fun filled boat travel.  Burano was a small town with lots of canals and bridges, much less crowded than Venice, which I loved. The houses were all connected and painted in various bright colors, no two colors were the same.  I wonder about the origin of this town.  Who started the idea to create this whimsical picturesque place to stroll though?  I imagine some little Italian men gathered in a small stone room with low ceilings, huddled around a single lightbulb used for a lamp.  Secretly they all wanted to join the circus, but they couldn't because it would bring shame to their upper class families.  They were artists who ended up as accountants and merchants.  The multi-colored buildings, Burano's signature charm? Their idea.  Their doing.