Hotel Tryp Verona

... having difficulty walking, and I just couldn't stop smiling the whole walk home about yet another random night in Italy. The next morning we watched some British Office as we ate (the American version is waaaaaaaaay better) then I had to get going to catch my train. I'd have 3 transfers again and was not looking forward to the long journey home. Apparently the second transfer was not on another train as I thought, but via bus, but no one really ...

... to Siena for a day trip and Jason nearly got arrested tryint to use a public toilet. I guess it costed 50 cents but he only had 3x20 cent coins and wasn't sure if the machine would take not exact change so jumped the turnstyle instead. Got screamed at and chased down by the italian bathroom police (a highly specialized elite force) so he put the money in and had the pee scared out of him (literally, as he ...

... I was going to do once I got there. I glanced at the train departure board, then headed off in the general direction I believed the lake to be. My instincts turned out to be right, and the ceter was so beautiful. There were some ferries that I thought might be fun to take on a tour, but I guess they were just for going to other towns around the lake, so instead I just wandered around Desenzano. I thought it might be weird to be by myself ...

... across the square and to enter the cathedral. It was crazy with people walking through the water (getting wet), people pushing in and police actually trying to get some order. We decided to get out of that area quickly as everything was overpriced. We headed towards the Rialto Bridge and came across toilets which cost 1.50 Euros each person which apparently is the going rate. So for 4 of us, it cost $12 AUD just for us to go to ...

<br><br>A day to explore Verona so we started at the Arena where we bought a Verona Card which covers Verona's major attractions and proved to be good value as kids only then had to pay 1 Euro to get into whatever we decided to do. We usually avoid these as with the kids we usually don&#8217;t rush from one place to the other. The Arena was pretty impressive- it is a Roman Amphitheatre which is used today for traditional operas such as Aida and also other concerts ...

... is. This looks like a miniature Colosseum. I felt like a coffee but Greg didn't so Tara and I went into a caffe/patisserie and I ordered a caffe latte, not realising that that was actually an espresso with a very small amount of milk- it was nice, but didn&#8217;t take long to drink. <br><br>We couldn&#8217;t believe how many people were out and about. All of the shops were open and the streets were crowded which is something ...

Arrived at the train station in Verona and called my uncle Palle, my dad's older brother who lives there. He was at work but he sent one of my cousins to collect us. The last time I saw my twin cousins was 6 years ago in Sweden and neither of them spoke any English or Swedish, only Italian and German. Luckily Torsten had learnt a bit of English so some communication was possible although I must say the 30 min drive to their place was quite awkward!! Palle took us in to ...

... uphill road - at night - in the middle of nowhere - not finding any more hotels at all until Cinque Terre - at 6 am. Plus we got pulled over by the police for running a red light. In my defense, the traffic lights sit WAY off to the side - not in front of you like in the US - and I couldn't see the light without leaning over. Emily insisted it was green, so I turned. The Italian cops ...

In the morning I got on my way to the north of Italy in the direction of Verona. First I passed by and went on to the Garda Lake, where I had a walk...but it was really crowded, especially Germans were there. So I decided to go on to Verona, where I visited the Roman amphitheatre, which looks alike the colosseo in Rome, and the city with its beautiful centre along the river Adige.

Hi everyone. We just got back from a morning of canyoning (http://www.wetway.it/). For those of you know have never heard of that, it is a combo of hiking, repelling, and jumping from cliffs...in water. It was awesome. But now we are exhausted so we're relaxing at the hotel...which luckily has a pool and lots of sun! We are in a town of 15,000 on Lake Garda, one of the 4 lakes that make up the Lake District (you ...