Alyn met me at the Verona train station at 9p.m. Weโre meeting for the first time but I had no problem spotting her because she looks exactly like her sister, my friend, Ruby. She told me that her sister is on European Erasmus program and that I can visit or travel with her.ย Alyn and I exchanged couple of messages in facebook before my trip, but I forgot where she is based. With my plan-as-I-go style, my trip has been kind of erratic with schedules and directions. It just so happen that when I posted my unhappy status on Budapest, Alyn saw it. Turned out that sheโs in Verona, 1.5 hours away from Venice.
While I never planned to go to Verona, I ended up staying for 3 nights. It was a weekend so Alyn had time to spend with me. We even went on a day trip to Lago di Garda with her friend. Anyway it made me feel at home to be speaking in Tagalog the whole time and eating rice for breakfast. ย :-)
The beautiful town of Verona is one of the main tourist destinations in northern Italy. The city is named a UNESCO heritage site because of its urban structure and architecture. I was told that the reason this city has so many beautiful structures is that it had been ruled by many, everyone built something, and nothing got destroyedโvery different from the previous places I visited where only remnants of the past can be witnessed.
Verona is also known for Romeo and Juliet as itโs the setting for thisย famous play of Shakespeare. The city obviously bank on this and LOVE (Romen & Juliet souvenirs) is marketed everywhere.
The Casa di Giulietta built in the 13th century ย is one of the most visited site here. Its tiny courtyard is packed with tourists with the highlight being a bronze statue of Juliet where itโs supposedly good luck charm for love to rub her. But any mood for loveย disappearsย with the pervert clowns rubbing Julietโs bronze breasts (as in photo).
โTwo households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.โ ย โ Romeo Juliet opening line
I missed Verona since we give up our hotel in Milan. So we travel direct from Turino via Milan on day trip until Venice. But thank you for the letting me understand the significance of the place. Hope on my next europe travel I can have the chance to see the mentioned places in your blog. Verona.
Lovely photographs! Visiting Verona was a nice trip before going to Venice in my opinion. I love how fairy tale like the town feels. The Arena was definitely a highlight of my vacation in Italy. I wish I could have seen an opera there.
love verona!!! beautiful pics Lil– pag naubos na funds for the postcards.. will send more! (para every city meron ako postcard) hahahaha
what fund are you talking about? wasn’t it a donation? hahaha
i am terribly dyin’ to go to Verona! ooooh this stirs up my insides hehehe =) happy to see your posts! thanks for sharing! ;p
always nice to hear from u! :)
jst saw ur postcard post…hope you are still in verona..id luv to hav coffee with you there *in spirit hehee* and when you could, buy me a postcard plssssss* weeeeeeeeh!
Is the courtyard really like the Wailing Wall of brokenhearted/hopeless romantics? :p I just saw it from the movie ‘Letters to Juliet’ hehe
It’s very touristy that I cannot even get close to Juliet… not that I exerted a lot of effort though… I’m sure there are romantics there hoping to find luck in love pero not obvious. =)