Villa Amista 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 ...

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We figured we only needed to spend 1 night in Verona as there wasn't a lot to do, plus the lack of any hostels meant we had to stay in a hotel (La Magnolia). We were right.
Got to Verona from Venice early afternoon and wandered around town. The Arena was awesome. So huge and overwhelming inside ...

......... So apparently the title is a quote from Romeo and Juliet...... You learn something new every day!

So we only stopped here for a couple of hours as a rest stop but it was pretty cool.

Verona is a very pretty town that is famous for Juliet Capulet's balcony and the entrance to the balcony is where all the lovey dovey couples write ...

... caught a vaporetta which is just like a ferry down the Grand Canal, under Ponte de Rialto to Piazza San Marco where the markets selling tourist stuff were right where we got off. Katelyn was impressed with the Carnivale masks which were pretty impressive and not really that expensive (probably made in Asia). St Mark’s Square was flooded right in front of the cathedral and they had a narrow timber walkway for people to ...

... painting in them were common. I’m not really into Italian art, but there were a couple of Bellini’s paintings which were a standout. The castle itself was impressive, including the bridge that crossed the river from the castle. After we left the castle, we searched for a kid’s playground that we read about, plus Tara wanted to go to the toilet so we thought there would be one there. When we found it, the playground was really suitable for small ...

... you about my clean clothes. Capito?

I did not find canella gelato, I honestly think finding it at the place two days ago was a little blessing from God which I may not receive again. But after wandering and wandering AND wandering I found a cute little place that said, "Caffe shakerato con mente" Coffee and mint gelato sounded pretty good so I was sold. However, nowhere did it say gelato. And nowhere did I see gelato. But I ...

Arriving in Peschiera del Garda station the heat is remarkable, We sit on a bench under a tree waiting for the taxi to arrive. Nothing turns up for 45mins! we speak to the local newsagents and it turns out we have to call for one, turns up 15mins later and we arrive at the family camping resort San Benedetto. The only place to pitch a tent is next to the campsite playing field on ...

... still there of course, resplendent in the middle of town, where Johnno I had so happily kicked around a soccerball for hours on end those years ago, and these days playing host to an opera and bursting to capacity most every evening. Just wandering around this town is a thing of joy, and we lapped it up. I was interested too though, that I again felt relatively let down by Venice, as I had also been those 20 years ago. Venice is to me a dirty ...

... porter could pass. The people sitting in his area seemed concerned with the bag falling on their head so I volunteered to sit there so that the bag would fall on my own head. I thought that was the least I could do, they smiled and declined. Once the porter passed I move one bag back into the hallway in order to give everyone in the area some space. At the next stop one guy in our area got off so I brought the bag from the hallway and put it in the seat next to me. I was ...

... Butterfly. We fully planned on seeing this opera and then leaving the next day. However, many people, including locals and our hotel owner, advised us to wait for the following evening to see Aida, as this was THE opera of Verona. Also, upon entering the city center, we saw all the props for Aida arranged outside of the Arena. So we listened, and followed what seemed like signs, and went straight to the box office to get our seats. We strategically picked seats ...