Verona is the infamous setting of the best known love story in the world: Romeo and Juliet. So it had some important aspects.
We came in to the city by bus. Saw a lot of rivers and castle like buildings, but none of that large importance. Mainly we saw large buildings we didnt know the name of or purpose of, but we knew they looked pretty. And old. Which was ok with all of us, we were tired and it was kinda cold.
We walked through Verona. We ran across these giant old Roman walls and even a colosseum type structure. We also encountered Roman ruins that the city itself had been built on top of. In fact, what we consider the floor of the city was sitting approximately 20 feet above the ground on supports hiding the Roman ruins below. Quite interesting.
It rained in Verona, and even looked as if it was snowing at one point. A lovely twist to our trip.
We went to the famous Juliet balcony, where Romeo professed his love from below to the beautiful Juliet above. It was kind of interesting to see, but really it was more of a tourist thing.
I did get to write on the wall outside the building, which is found covered in the names of love-bound couples and groups everywhere. In fact, the wall is so covered in spots you cant distinguish names or writings, just colors.
I wrote blacApps on the wall, just for good measure.
Verona got boring quickly. This was unfortunate, but in fact it ended up being relaxing. There wasnt much to do in the city and it was very very cold so when we got free time we sat around in cafes drinking coffee and bonding with our friends. Ended up not being too bad; but really, how bad can hanging out with some friends in Italy be?
*Cackle Cackle*
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