Casa Popi Malcesine

... the city of the star crossed lovers.....saw the house and tomb of juliet and walked around this fab city. Defo suggest coming here. Had a great dinner last night of pasta and bean soup (local speciality). Jason was suggested to eat horse, so he did. I think it kinda grossed me out, especially when we saw his brother trotting by earlier this afternoon.<br><br>Anyways, off to go explore and eat now, later!<br>

... for it to arrive. The platform had been changed and I honestly don't know how I figured that out since, you know, I still don't speak the language, but luckily I made it to the right place. I think I accidently sat on first class, which was pretty sweet, and I didn't get caught because it was only about a ten minute ride. I got off and silently laughed to myself, because I hadn't looked at a map or anything, and had no clue where to go, or ...

... toilet. We took the obligatory photos at the Rialto then just planned to walk towards a different section of the Grand Canal, but ended up just wandering through the back streets soaking up the atmosphere. There were tourists everywhere we went and of course shops selling Murano Glass and other souvenirs- I don&#8217;t know how they all survive. We ended up losing our way constantly until we got the Grand Canal opposite the ...

... and Tara went into the toilet and found it was one in the ground that you had to squat over so she refused to go.<br><br>We then went to have gelati and search the old city for toilets and found some near the tower which everyone refused to climb as they said they have climbed enough towers. They also refused to go into a church as well. We decided to have lunch before we went to the Roman ruins north of the river. These included a small amphitheatre and lots of ...

... wouldn&#8217;t see on a Saturday night in Sydney. There were market stalls in one of the piazzas and I found someone selling chestnuts so I was happy- I hadn&#8217;t seen any in Innsbruck and they didn&#8217;t seem to be too common in Verona. As we were looking for somewhere to eat, we noticed that all of the restaurants had similar menus, and go figure, it was all Italian food. We hardly saw restaurants for any other type of food.

So I could say that I didn't find internet yesterday to post my blog update. But that would be a lie. Fact is that I walked right by a library with free wifi, but I didn't have my laptop on me and I just wasn't in the mood to go sit on a computer for an hour. I know. Selfish, right? Maybe even narcissistic. ;)<br><br>Anyway, I was having a grand time in Verona and was in search of more canella gelato and I felt that quest was more important than ...

... on Mondays. I promised myself that if I stayed longer in Verona I would go back. They also have live music tonight, so it should be fun. Don't worry, I'll bring Lucy's alarm for when I take the bus home at night. :)<br><br>OH! And because I have a washing machine I have washed everything I have. It is SO nice to have clean clothes and not do the sniff test each morning and go, "Nyeah, I think I can get away with that ...

So much so, that it is about to take the title of 'longest stay' while in Italy. I will spend 5 total nights here. Woohoo! I'm about to leave my fabulous hotel that I love to go to an apartment in the city, where I can live like a local with my own kitchen and everything. I am psyched! The only drawback is that it doesn't have internet. So I will do my best to bring my laptop with me and post updates while I'm in town picking up produce. EEEE! :)<br>

Verona may just give you a run for your money.<br><br>I'm in a glorious hotel, drinking German beer -- courtesy Olga at the front desk. And I am right in the very heart of Valpolicella country.<br><br>I've decided that in Paris and Rome I was touristing (though I recognize I didn't see nearly enough in either) but Verona is going to be relaxing time. Which I also recognize is ridiculous since I go on a cruise in less than a week. But whatever, it's my trip, I get to decide what I'm doing. :)

... so I wrote down words I hear a lot and she told me what they meant. Then to practice writing and speaking, I wrote about Ben and talked about him. So I can't buy groceries, but at least I can tell them about my boyfriend! :) We set another date for next Tuesday to have another lesson. I made lunch...that's right, Allison the non-chef actually made a meal in Italy. I can't brag too much since it really only consisted of pushing buttons (this thing ...