In our upcoming Danube Riverboat Cruise, during our port call in Passau, Germany, there’s an optional excursion available that includes this as part of its description:
Learn about traditional glass production and see a demo in a small family-run glass manufacturer.
We won’t be doing it, but it reminds me of the time in 1987 in Venice, Italy when my then-wife and I visited a glass manufacturer that was home to one of the master glass blowers in Venice.
Impressed — and unequivocally caught up in the moment — after the demo by “the master,” we ended up buying an $800 vase. That doesn’t sound like that much, but it was at the time. It’s $2,284.92 in 2025 money! For a damn vase. Had to have it, apparently. 😂
You heard about the glass blower who hiccupped and made a spectacle out of himself?
He considered himself a success, but I heard his colleagues thought he blew it.