Hotel Monaco Verona

partie de venise en train a midi pour se rendre a verone en une heure. une fois a verone, nous avons marcher la ville de long en large pour y voir, une arene romaine, encore en bonne etat et meme parfaois utiliser pour des spectacles d'opera. ensuite nous somme aller voir la fausse maison de juliette puis en suie nous avons monte la tour du palais au centre de la ville. 368 marche ...

... I think the oldest building I've ever been in - it was built in 30 AD (that's a 2 digit year, not a typo)

Castelvechio was also pretty cool and had some great art inside.

Stopped at Osteria Verona in the main square for some predinner drinks and had some awesome house wine before going to La Taverna Di Via Stella for dinner. Really nice place with friendly staff and great food. Had ...

... of undying love to each other. Makes for quite a sight really. There were nice markets there and a sort of mini colosseum which is still used today for concerts.

There was also a statue of Juliet which is meant to bring you good luck if you rub her right breast. Her right breast is very polished!

Jumped back on the coach to the next stop!

... girl from Colorado) and he even made me talk to one of them. The rest of the day was relatively easy, and I got back to Dello tired and feeling the start of yet another cold (that would be 3 in 2 months if anyone's counting). That night I'd had the bad headache my throat had felt a little scratchy too and after shouting at the club to be heard over the loud music my voice had pretty much gone out. Luisa picked me up and took me to her aunt's house ...

... ants nest. not the best pitch we have ever had. We spend the first day lounging by the lake, this part of the lake is dirty and nothing like the romantic picturesque images we were looking forward to. nevertheless it was relaxing the food was good and the beer was cold.
what more could I ask for?
a pitch in the shade away from the ants and the children, too much to ask?

... which is seen as pretty much the beginning of Renaissance painting. They only allow small groups in at once, with only 15 minutes to see the paintings. The cool thing about this is that they have quite a good museum attached where you can learn all about the paintings before you see them. This is good for people like me who have only a very passing knowledge of art and art history. It made me feel like I was actually able to appreciate it ...

... if we put in a couple of computers, we could make some money. Well, this last place I was doing my blog from was the dungy basement of a goth-style bar. I was surrounded by people wearing nothing but black and listening to horrible music. But internet cafes are expensive over here, so I've got to go with the cheapest option! My last stop was in Verona, Italy (I'm now in Venice and will do a post for this city in a few days). Verona is most known for the ...

... same or similar things. We made it to The Arena without buying anything. I'm glad we saw this one before the Colisium cause it was very impressive. Good views of the city from the top too. At the bottom Deborah was drawn to the postcards, but that's all. We then went in search of lunch, we found crepes which John and Camella had fallen in love with since they went to France. We then found the house of Juliette, and of course her balcony. It was a very ...

... as we entered Italy before all vision was blocked by the thickest fog I have ever seen. Vision was less than a few meters. We took a taxi to the hotel, only a 5 minute drive from the station. The hotel room is small but clean. Tomorrow we are going sightseeing.