Verona has all of the luxuries of Italy that has stolen my heart. I mean. This country – the colors. the architecture details. the food (oh snap, the food.) the adding of the fun, extra syllables to everything. It agrees with us and I try to convince J about this fact perpetually – ‘deer, look at my skin. it’s softer now that we’re here.’ or ‘love, your eyes are extra blue since we crossed the border.’ I’m not totally unsure that it’s working. If you want to discuss how much you love Italy, come sit next to us….unless you don’t wear deodorant, because c’mon.
The city boasts the third largest Roman amphitheatre in Italy, built around 30 AD. Also, in order to solidify a spot in our list of great cities, Verona went ahead and claimed a fab body of water. Not just claimed, but straddled itself around the Adige river making it quite convenient to enjoy best of both worlds.
UNESCO isn’t the only one who appreciated the beauty of the city, Shakespeare was a big fan as well. He set three of his plays there – Romeo and Juliet, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and The Taming of the Shrew. The tomb of Ms. Capulet, called Tomba di Giulietta, finds itself off the beaten path lined with columns leading to the monastery. The balcony, however, lives in a small, but highly sought-out courtyard in the center of Verona, named Casa di Giulietta. R+J’s tragedy attracts romantics from all over to come and leave love notes and locks as forever symbols. We played along – got us a rad little pink lock, wrote our initials on it and brought the keys to Croatia with us.
Ahh! And the best thing ever. Justin got stopped by an Asian tourist who asked for a photo with him. Her friends spoke English and told him that it was because he looked like Leonardo DiCaprio.. He tried to tell her that he was not Leonardo DiCaprio, but the lady insisted, it was ok that he just looked like him. Y’all. Leo D played Romeo which was set in Verona. Mind: blown. You don’t know how bad I want a copy of that photo.
Goodnight, good night, Italia. Parting is such sweet sorrow. For in the morning, our road trip continues.
Italy, particularly Florence (I had not been to Verona) is one of my ‘kindred spirit’ places. I would move there in a heartbeat.
agree. agree. totally agree!
I’m really into those “love locks” or whatever they’re called. We have them in Moscow too and it’s fun to watch the couples try to find a free space and then throw keys into the river.
It makes me really happy to hear all of the places people celebrate it. Hooray for love!
I love your photographs – you have quite an eye for capturing a moment in time.
Say ‘Hi’ to Leo for me.
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Thank you, thank you! That’s all credit to Leo! That little accountant’s got a creative eye..
Kudos to him for the shots! The image of you holding the keys says so much more than it would if your face was also in the shot. I wouldn’t have thought of that, which is a shame as that sort of mis-direction is what changes a simple photo into art.
Well done J!
That one is my favorite too! Thanks for noticing the little details..much appreciated!!
It looks like you’re having a great trip… and wonderful photos, as always!
It was incredible! We just fit so much in that finding time to edit the photos is work!