Fall Asleep Fast: The Glass Island of Murano, 1500 | Night Train Sleep Story

Good evening, and welcome aboard. Tonight our train makes its first stop: Murano, a small island in the Venetian lagoon, in the year 1500, home to the glass furnaces that have burned here for two centuries. Settle in, let the carriage rock you gently, and drift off long before we leave the workshop behind. Welcome · Conductor's notebook · Settling in · The story · The quiet carriage Includes mentions of: glassmaking, Venice, the Middle Ages, fire and furnaces, apprentices, mirrors. Voice: Mr. Hollis, a fictional character with a synthetic voice. Sound: night sleeper carriage, wind and rain on the glass. Sources: Wikipedia, "Venetian glass" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetia..., Wikipedia, "Murano" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murano). Tell us in the comments where the train should go next. The conductor reads every one. 00:00 Welcome aboard 00:16 Conductor's notebook 00:38 Take a ticket 00:49 Next stop: Nuremberg 01:03 Settling in 01:49 Murano, 1500 02:35 The lagoon at night 03:15 The glass furnaces of Murano 04:03 Inside the workshop 05:16 The cristallo goblet 06:17 A street in Murano 07:22 Winter in the workshop 08:16 The hand mirror 08:53 Leaving the island 09:42 Good night 09:51 The quiet carriage