Milano Verona

... the lake. The food produced in this area of Italy is another of the many highlights, the number of cheeses, ham and wines to sample seems infinte. The area has all kinds of diverse scenery and vistas to enjoy. I have been visiting this area for over 5 years and have come to the conclusion that the aesthetic and cultural assets are hard to beat.

... 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!

We left Trieste, and set off for Venezia, and to visit some of Dad's friends who had visited Vanuatu a couple of times on sailing trips. Since they have always live on boats, their house was so small and almost looked like living on a boat as well! It was so cute, and very unlike a typical Italian house!! We had lunch there....mmm...moustache fish!! Haha ...

... 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?

... to anyone since leaving the UK but that's another thing. Verona is quite posh really. Lots of big designer shops with security features that keep pikeys like us well away. We did manage to buy some overprice, small plates of Pasta and some Gelato (which is Italian for ice cream apparently). Lisa has become somewhat obsessed with taking pictures of every type of ice cream we see. She has also sampled 5 different flavours in the last ...

... reservation, and reservation can cost 15 euro, save you neither money or time. The fast way of traveling is to simply go to the automated ticket machine and feel your way through there. Be careful about using big notes of money though, there is a limit how much change the machine would return to you, beyond that limit you will need to return to the ticket office line and redeem your voucher to money there.

We get moving again and stop at Verona. We each payed 50 euro cents to pee in a hole in the ground, although it was a rather nice hole, I must say. Then, we walked up to Juliet's house. It's quite a schlep up there from where we were, and it's not even known if that's her real house. The entrywa is covered with love notes which is nice ify ...

Our plane arrived in Bergamo at 7pm and we managed to work out the bus and trains (nearly led astray by a local Italian who was going the same place we were but thought you couldn't by a ticket there), he was right in that a train didn't go directly there but you could buy the connection that did. Lesson one: don't trust the locals even if they're trying to help. We arrived in Verona at about 10pm, a nice taxi man took us (very quickly) to the Euromotel ...