June 25, Verona

Riva del Garda is somewhat isolated in its good way, it is not nearly as crowded as other popular places. The town is very peaceful and safe that Alice and Edward can walk around by themselves without any worry. But it does not have any train station which brings lots of inconvenience: purchasing ticket to Santa Margherita Ligure is one of them. We have to visit Verona to get train tickets. By holding American CCard, you can not purchasing train ticket from their trenitalia.it website.

We took a morning bus to Verona.
The pictures taken from the bus:


The tragic story of the love of Romeo and Juliet, which Shakespeare situates in the Verona , makes the city a preferred destination for lovers and tourists seeking emotion. When we wondering around Verona looking for the Juliet Museum, I asked a local worker "Juliet?" With no hesitation, he pointed the correct direction.

This is the famous Juliet balcony:

There is not much to see in the Juliet Museum, except visitors can write letters to "Juliet" through the computers, and over the time, "Juliet" selected some letters for other visitors to read, some of them were rather touching and cheesy.

The Arena: Roman amphitheatre, crumbling on the outside but still functioning today. It was erected in the 1st Century AD, and is the world's third-largest amphitheatre to survive from antiquity. Much of the outer ring was damaged during the earthquake of 1117 but the inner part is still intact. But is way smaller than the one in Rome.



Verona is not big. But the map somehow was hard to read.


Piazza Erbe:





Palazzo della Ragionne:
The majestic palace that was the town hall, next to Piazza Erbe, and which has long housed the offices of the District Court and the Court of Assizes: