Verona

Our school organized a week to visit Verona and take off from classes. We have the whole week to visit other towns or just explore Verona. The train ride was only four hours from Rome and was so much nicer than our last traveling experience..... On the flight over to Rome, Laura told me we were riding one of the first planes ever made and she thought it was too old to fly. We got shoved in the way back of the plane because we wanted to sit next to each other and clearly got punished for it! They made us sit next to a disgusting hairy hippie who was not wearing shoes, and we also got the lucky seat behind a lady who turn around in her chair to stair at laura.... and fell asleep like that. The worst thing about the trip was when they gave Laura the softest blanket in the world but then gave me a crispy crunchy blanket that I think snapped in half at one point.

But Verona is so much friendlier than Rome. The men aren't rude and everyone is a lot more helpful here. Our hotel has wifi, separated twin beds, AC and a real shower! I think going back to the attic and the people in Rome is going to be really hard.


Verona so far





Still American



On the four hour train ride



View of Verona from the room! We have a window!!




Verona



Our room





Singers in the thunderstorm





Juliet's balcony





Couldn't find the love letters that people write to Juliet .. still looking though...





good luck if you grab Juliet's left boob!





Names of people and who they love on the tunnel to Juliet's balcony





Pig family





A castle in Verona





This is where a gladiator attacked me





Today we took the train to Venice from the station in Verona, I took the slower train so it was about a two hour train ride for only six euros! As soon as we got to Venice it started to pour and continued to pour for the entire time we were there. We were going to stay the night and go out, but decided to go back to Verona after just five or six hours in Venice because of how soaked we all got. I brought my Nikon with me on the trip so trying to take pictures with a dslr and a umbrella in your hand is the most impossible thing in the entire world. The majority of my pictures came out tilted or solely of the sky. Once I get Laura or Katy's pictures, I'll put them up! It was such a beautiful city even when it was thunderstorming, I really want to come back on a nicer day

We found out it is supposed to rain all week while we are in Verona, but stop just in time for our return to Rome on Saturday :) We are going to see David Guetta at the Ultra Sonic festival when we get back, it's a giant outdoor concert that happens in Rome every year. The only reason why I want to go back to Rome!

Location:Piazza delle Erbe,Verona,Italy