Verona was amazing!! Beautiful, plenty to see, very touristy, gorgeous weather. A vast improvement on Turin. We stayed in a hostel for 2 nights - single sex dorms, bunk beds! A bit of an experience. Girls' facilities were great, Niki wasn't so lucky, having 1 large open shower room with a 10sec push button to make the shower work! Breakfast was included in the price (€16ea) but that consisted of endless bread rolls, butter, jam and 'bowls' of coffee, tea, hot choc which were made in those metal serving dishies that you see in a buffet setting - the 1st morning we thought it woud have hot food in them...but sadly disappointed. you ladle the desired hot drink into your bowl! kind of like a giant latte i guess. Apparently this isn't a normal italian thing though. Either way we're over bread!
Paid €8 for a 'Verona Card' whch gave 'free' entry to 14 sites... we saw 6 i think. The Arena (3rd largest in world), Juliet's house (as in Romeo & Juliet!) I got a picture of me standing on THE balcony!, church, museum, castle, tower... these attractions cost €2-4 ea so the card was a bargain! We were out from 9-7pm and were knackered! then shared a bottle of wine (€2!) in the gorgeous hostel garden and went out for dinner.
We have taken lots of pics, but i still haven't figured out how to do a online photo gallery...and I keep forgetting to bring the camera cable to internet places! So yeah sorry no pics yet guys.
We arrived in Padua at lunchtime, not far from Venice, and have spent the afternoon wandering in the hot hot sun. I'm getting major tan lines on my feet from my sandals (which by the way even though they are UGLY are coming in very handy ...well except my feet stink at the end of the day!)
We will do a day trip to Venice tomorrow which should be great. Apparently it's the most expensive city in Italy and we heard the hostel was fully booked so decided to come here instead. On Tuesday (Niki's Bday!) we will travel to Bologna and then after that to Genoa (YAY beach!), Tuscany, Piza, Rome etc etc. Will update again soon. Hope you are all well... we have only been gone under 2 weeks but it feels ages! Ciao
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