Italy Day 67: Verona

I had a good nights sleep after a long and busy day. I didn’t wake up until 8am which is pretty late for me. I went down for breakfast, the first time I’ve had breakfast included! Al would have been disappointed in me as I really didn’t take advantage of the all the lovely things on offer 😳I had a cup of tea and a little almond cake/biscuit I did think about popping some in my bag for later but there were to many people around! I’ll try again tomorrow.

I headed out and went in a different direction, towards the river. I crossed over the river using a fantastic fortified bridge at The Corso Castlevecchio. It was a beautiful walk alongside the river, the only slight problem was this side of the river was in the sun and it was already 31 degrees! The city seems much quieter today after all the crowds and families on Sunday. There is an area up on a huge hill Teatro Romana, it is one of the oldest parts of Verona and also has a Roman Amphitheater. I had decided it was to hot to walk up to the top. But I wanted to look at the ruins and spotted some steps at the side of the Amphitheater, unfortunately I couldn’t go in as it was closed for renovations, I started climbing the stairs which went round in a zig zag, the  views were lovely and it was nice and cool, before I knew it I was halfway up the hill! I decided I might as well go to the top. 3/4s of the way up and getting hotter I glanced across an open space and bugger me if there wasn’t a bloody Funicular that takes you all the way up!! I arrived at the top a bit of a sweaty mess while everyone else looked cool and comfortable. 🤦‍♀️🤯The views of Verona were amazing and definitely worth the sweat! I opted to come down on the Funicular, and I didn’t have to pay, I guess they figure if you walk up you deserve a free ride down. At the bottom I had a well earned Lemon Sorbet and continued with my walk.

I stopped in Piazza Erbe for a nice cold Glass of my new Favourite ‘Hugo’ accompanied by some olives and crisps. 😀I got chatting to a lovely mother and daughter from Ireland who were on their last day in Italy, they highly recommended getting the bus to Lake Garda and also offered some suggestions on good places to eat. It’s one of the things I love about traveling, meeting and having brief but interesting connections with people.

I continued on with my walk and decided to have lunch in Piazza Bra and use the free WiFi to update my blog. (WiFi in the hotel is still not up and running!) I had a nice Pizza, not the best I’ve had but OK but I did manage to get my blog posted and book a train the Venice!

I wandered around the gardens in the Piazza, which I think are there to commemorate the Jews that were taken from Verona during the 2nd World War. The gardens are really cool and tranquil, with a little fountain and lots of locals sitting relaxing. After this I headed back to hotel and, Yeah, the WiFi is working.

My evening was a little odd. I decided walked back into the city, but first had a little mooch by the hotel, a guy who was dressed reasonably well but who looked a little dodgy started walking behind me after a few mins I just turned round and glanced at him, he then went past me and looked like he was entering some apartments. After another 5 mins, he passed me again at a road crossing, then stopped outside of the main square as if he was waiting for someone, I continued through the square and down a Main Street but then suddenly changed my mind and turned around and he was right behind me again!! At this point I was sure he was following me, so I walked quite quickly back through the square and into a cafe and as I entered the cafe I caught a glimpse of him again. I stayed in the cafe for quite a while, after 40mins there was a huge power cut!! And now I’m thinking, great, I’ve got to walk the rest of the way to the hotel in the dark with a weirdo following me! Luckily the power came back on and I left, looking behind me often and making sure I was walking with others, I didn’t see him again, but it did give me a bit of a scare.

I grabbed a yummy goats milk Gelato from the place next to the hotel, lemon sorbet and also a Mediterranean herb one, OMG! Delicious. And then had a pretty early night!

Ciao Bellas ☀️💖

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