Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Is That Juliet on the Balcony?


There is more to Verona than Romeo and Juliet!
Arriving from Varenna, we found a quiet, central hotel and then headed out to explore the sights of Verona. We visited two excellent cathedrals, the Roman Arena - 3rd largest in the world but somewhat disappointing; the Roman Theatre and Museum - again, a little disappointing and the wonderful Piazza Erbe, with its beautiful fountains and sculptures.
We also climbed the Torre dei Lamberti - well, we actually took the lift so that left us only about 100 steps. (It was over 30 degrees.)
Finally, we visited the House of Juliet (Casa del Guilietta) -= sometimes called the ‘faux’ house of Juliet. We had purchased a combined ticket and this gave us entry to the house. Most of the tour groups congregate in the courtyard and look up at the balcony. When Gail appeared on the balcony, a busload of Japanese tourists were heard to say, “Look! It’s Juliet.”
We returned to the air conditioned comfort of our hotel to recover before eating at a quiet restaurant

3 comments:

Amanda said...

What a gorgeous place!
Mum, if only you had grown your hair long, they would have said "Look, it's Rapunzel!" :)

Miss Di said...

Amanda I am convinced we share one brain (or maybe one sense of humour). Once again, just what I was thinking!

gailandrob said...

We nearly put the Rapunzel bit in the blog.