I can’t believe how quickly our vacation is flying by! Yesterday afternoon we arrived in Verona and checked into our hotel the Maxim. The hotel itself is very nice but we are far away from any of the main tourist attractions which has its pros and cons. Fortunately, we didn’t really have any problems finding and checking into our hotel. The hotel clerk, who was very friendly, referred us to a local market for packable snacks for the opera that evening and suggested a local pizzeria up the road for lunch. So we first headed to the restaurant for a late lunch where we had very good pizza and wine and then headed back to the hotel for a nap! Neither Lucas nor I had slept very well the night before and were in desperate need of some extra sleep especially since we knew we would be staying up late for the opera (which was a good thing to since it didn’t end until 12:45!)
So we took an extended nap and then woke up ready to explore Verona some before the opera began at 9. First we headed to the market where we bought crackers and cheese and grapes and then caught the bus to piazza bra where the arena is. We then found a café for Lucas to pick up some dinner at (I was still full from lunch) and sat to people watch until time to go in. At 8 when the doors opened we anxiously went in to see the arena and find our seats. Our seats were up and to the right of the stage, actually quite close which was a nice surprise since we booked them online it Italian and weren’t sure exactly where we would end up. We were there to see the opera Carmen, a famous French comedy about a beautiful gypsy who woes a soldier into falling in love with her and then leaves him for a bullfighter; his jealousy eventually leads him to murder Carmen. The performance was beautiful with amazing acoustics and truly an experience of a lifetime.
The next day we got up at 9 for breakfast and ready to hit the town… well, I was anyways, Lucas, needing more sleep than any mere mortal was still exhausted so he headed back to bed and I headed into town. While Lucas slept I visited Piazza Erbe, the church of Sant’Anastasia, Piazza dei Signoro, and Juliet’s house. I then met up with Lucas at the fountain in Piazza Bra and we had lunch on the way to Castelvecchio, a totally incredible castle that we spent hours exploring and snapping photos of. Afterwards we visited the Basilica di San Zeno and then called an evening. We headed back to the hotel to call it an early night before getting up early to head to Florence.
So we took an extended nap and then woke up ready to explore Verona some before the opera began at 9. First we headed to the market where we bought crackers and cheese and grapes and then caught the bus to piazza bra where the arena is. We then found a café for Lucas to pick up some dinner at (I was still full from lunch) and sat to people watch until time to go in. At 8 when the doors opened we anxiously went in to see the arena and find our seats. Our seats were up and to the right of the stage, actually quite close which was a nice surprise since we booked them online it Italian and weren’t sure exactly where we would end up. We were there to see the opera Carmen, a famous French comedy about a beautiful gypsy who woes a soldier into falling in love with her and then leaves him for a bullfighter; his jealousy eventually leads him to murder Carmen. The performance was beautiful with amazing acoustics and truly an experience of a lifetime.
The next day we got up at 9 for breakfast and ready to hit the town… well, I was anyways, Lucas, needing more sleep than any mere mortal was still exhausted so he headed back to bed and I headed into town. While Lucas slept I visited Piazza Erbe, the church of Sant’Anastasia, Piazza dei Signoro, and Juliet’s house. I then met up with Lucas at the fountain in Piazza Bra and we had lunch on the way to Castelvecchio, a totally incredible castle that we spent hours exploring and snapping photos of. Afterwards we visited the Basilica di San Zeno and then called an evening. We headed back to the hotel to call it an early night before getting up early to head to Florence.
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