So as not to end up in the dining car again we took the first available 6 birth compartment
We managed to have this to ourselves bar the last hour when 2 others needed a seat in a pretty full train
The host to the airbnb was outside at the nominated time so that was good. Its large, quiet and a 10 min walk into the old town
After settling in we off exploring.
The first night we prepared our own meal from stuff purchase from a close by supermarket
Day 2 we did a 2.5hr walking tour in English with a pretty large group which made hearing the guide difficult at times
But we did see areas we hadn't seen on our last visit some years ago.
Day 3 saw us re track some of the guided walk, this time paying the entry fees to go inside.
Verona has a very long history, dating way back to early Roman times
The city was strategically based between other powerful kingdoms of the time so it changed hands many times, between the predominant families of the period.
Napoleon was the last of the powerful invaders to conquer the city he had little respect for the people or culture let alone its history,
There's still some very interesting buildings, squares, churches etc that have stood there from medieval times and some remains from much earlier times.
Shakespeare helped put Verona on the map with Romeo and Juliet
It was a City that boasted poets, artists and philosophers of some note...there are statues to these around the city
There's a fine castle on the river and a number of significant town gates and bridges.
PICS
Tell the story.
stay tuned for the next exciting post as we enter the last two weeks of our trip.
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