Verona through pictures

Sorry for the break from blogging about my last trip. I've just submitted my essay today, which is a big relieve. No more exams and essays next year!!! I will have to warn you that there's going to be another break as I'm flying off to Oslo tomorrow.

Continuing from where I left off after Venice, our next stop was Verona.

The best cichetti was actually a take-away from a supermarket in Venice. All that squid, mussels, and prawns. Accompanying that was Riso Alla Valenciana. Which tasted nice too. The apricot juice didn't spoil the taste much.

Our Amazing Race continued. We thought that we've reached Verona train station as we got down as soon as we saw Verona on the sign board. How wrong we were. It was a stop too early in the outskirts. Luckily, trains were every 20 minutes, so, we just had to take the next one.

Stranded people killing time by promoting fruit juices.

Finally, our train to Verona main station.

We were unlucky that the tourist information office was closed by the time we got there. So, we had to navigate based on our instinct and also with the rough guide from the guide books. We did get lost before we found the main attractions. Firstly, there was this amazing Amphitheater which was still fully functional but sadly, due to a play that was on that night, we couldn't go in. We could see some of the props in the form of sphinxes outside.

Guess what Verona is famous for? Romeo and Juliet.

We visited Juliet's house where the famous balcony scene took place. There is a statue of Juliet and legend says that if you touch her right breast, you'll find true love. I don't know where did this come from, but I decided not to molest her unlike 2 other people. Hehehe. The place was really crowded with tourists.

I think he might have guaranteed himself true love.

There was this street, not only full of shops, but overcrowded with people that we could barely walk. Sales were everywhere and we were so tempted by them that it took us every ounce of discipline to walk down that street towards Juliet's house. After visiting her house, we had gelato while watching the hustles and bustles.

The beautiful river running through Verona.

I really like the views of rivers in Italy. The scenes are just so romantic.

Not to mention that apparently this was a love bridge. The bigger the lock, the stronger the love?

Last view of Verona before we made our way back to the train station, continuing our journay to Florence.

That was when, the most challenging part of the Amazing Race started......testing not only ability to compose oneself under stress, quick thinking, the survival of the fittest. Stay tune.

P.s. sorry for leaving it hanging like this. I'll be off to Oslo for 4 days tomorrow. Have a great summer and will update soon.