Just a quick post as we get ready to pack up and catch the train to Venice.
We spent yesterday afternoon in Verona, and some of the pictures are here.
Verona is a nice place, very old with plenty of ruins and yet plenty of modern shops. You can guess how that shakes out between Linda and me. The Arena dominates the center of town. It is the third largest amphitheatre in the world, and must have been even higher on the list at one point since it was built before the Roman Colisseum.
The stadium is so big that in its day it could actually hold every citizen of Verona, which would have given the local lads a tremendous home field advantage when the gladiators from Tuscany came in for a match.
The other pictures will show you a market that has reportedly been operating for centuries. And some of the things on sale there would probably prove that.
Just down the street is the building where tourists can see Juliet's balcony. The guide book took all of the fun out of this by pointing out that the building is not the Capulet's grand home but a refurbished 13th-century tavern. Doesn't matter, people flock to the spot and the walls are crammed with the names of loving couples either in graffiti or on what look suspiciously like PostIt notes. The last two pictures of in the album (one of which is at the top of this post) show these walls and if you look really carefully you will see "Linda and Don" just to the left of "Adrian and Rocky" and below "Tom and Nicole". I told you this was an old place.
Anyhow, on to Venice.
We spent yesterday afternoon in Verona, and some of the pictures are here.
Verona is a nice place, very old with plenty of ruins and yet plenty of modern shops. You can guess how that shakes out between Linda and me. The Arena dominates the center of town. It is the third largest amphitheatre in the world, and must have been even higher on the list at one point since it was built before the Roman Colisseum.
The stadium is so big that in its day it could actually hold every citizen of Verona, which would have given the local lads a tremendous home field advantage when the gladiators from Tuscany came in for a match.
The other pictures will show you a market that has reportedly been operating for centuries. And some of the things on sale there would probably prove that.
Just down the street is the building where tourists can see Juliet's balcony. The guide book took all of the fun out of this by pointing out that the building is not the Capulet's grand home but a refurbished 13th-century tavern. Doesn't matter, people flock to the spot and the walls are crammed with the names of loving couples either in graffiti or on what look suspiciously like PostIt notes. The last two pictures of in the album (one of which is at the top of this post) show these walls and if you look really carefully you will see "Linda and Don" just to the left of "Adrian and Rocky" and below "Tom and Nicole". I told you this was an old place.
Anyhow, on to Venice.
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