Today was our day trip to Verona. Denise, Allyson and I caught the train at 9:50, so we headed north out of our hotel to stazione Santa Lucia. We hopped off in Verona. The main goal was to see Casa di Giulietta. We grabbed a taxi and went. Verona is just West of Venice. Casa di Giulietta is from the 13th century and quaint, with her famous balcony (although it was added in 1928) and extremely romantic.
The entrance to the courtyard is covered in multilingual graffiti left by lovers from all over the world. Now they ask you to write a letter to Juliet and leave it in the mailboxes that are placed in the courtyard. Its customary to take a picture with the bronze statue of Juliet, and hold her boob – strange but whatever.
It shocked me how they had capitalized on the Romeo and Juliet story. There is a store called Club Juliet and inside they embroider anything you could want – from bibs to aprons to towels to hot mits and chef hats – with your name or with a saying.
They whole 2-floor building is covered in their art. After Juliet’s house we walked down the street northwest towards Piazza Delle Erbe. We stopped in Piazza dei Signori and took some pictures of Dante’s statue
and the surrounding buildings and then walked just north and saw Arche Scaligere. We learned that this family had commissioned their tombs to be built next to this church.
We ate at a cute resturant in town and then headed back south towards Arena di Verona.
The arena was vast and now has regular opera shows of Aida and Madame Butterfly. We walked by Palazo Della Gran Guardia, which connects eastward with the first version of the city wall on our way down Via Roma toward Castelvecchio.
The castle sits along the Fiume Adige that runs in a giant sideways S through Verona. Ponte Scaligero was a beautiful bridge that connects the South dwelling castle with the northern bank. After a full day we made it back to the train station at 4:30 and were back for dinner at 6:00. We had it in our minds that we wanted to eat at the adorable trattoria for our last night. We had walked by it many times and really wanted to see it. We headed down towards Rialto on the northern path to catch our gondola ride.
We had some proseco and took a 45-minute tour of the grande canal. Afterwards, we made about 3 concentric circles trying to find the restaurant, never did and finally just went to one we had seen earlier. I had gnoicchi and wine, and for dessert sgrappinos again. They were not as good as the first time - warmer and thicker and less lemony fresh. We went home, packed and went to bed.
The entrance to the courtyard is covered in multilingual graffiti left by lovers from all over the world. Now they ask you to write a letter to Juliet and leave it in the mailboxes that are placed in the courtyard. Its customary to take a picture with the bronze statue of Juliet, and hold her boob – strange but whatever. 
It shocked me how they had capitalized on the Romeo and Juliet story. There is a store called Club Juliet and inside they embroider anything you could want – from bibs to aprons to towels to hot mits and chef hats – with your name or with a saying.
They whole 2-floor building is covered in their art. After Juliet’s house we walked down the street northwest towards Piazza Delle Erbe. We stopped in Piazza dei Signori and took some pictures of Dante’s statue
and the surrounding buildings and then walked just north and saw Arche Scaligere. We learned that this family had commissioned their tombs to be built next to this church.
We ate at a cute resturant in town and then headed back south towards Arena di Verona.
The arena was vast and now has regular opera shows of Aida and Madame Butterfly. We walked by Palazo Della Gran Guardia, which connects eastward with the first version of the city wall on our way down Via Roma toward Castelvecchio.
The castle sits along the Fiume Adige that runs in a giant sideways S through Verona. Ponte Scaligero was a beautiful bridge that connects the South dwelling castle with the northern bank. After a full day we made it back to the train station at 4:30 and were back for dinner at 6:00. We had it in our minds that we wanted to eat at the adorable trattoria for our last night. We had walked by it many times and really wanted to see it. We headed down towards Rialto on the northern path to catch our gondola ride.
We had some proseco and took a 45-minute tour of the grande canal. Afterwards, we made about 3 concentric circles trying to find the restaurant, never did and finally just went to one we had seen earlier. I had gnoicchi and wine, and for dessert sgrappinos again. They were not as good as the first time - warmer and thicker and less lemony fresh. We went home, packed and went to bed.
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