We got to the hotel around dinner time and rather than waste a night staying in we grabbed a map and a general direction of where town was and took off. After 30 minutes of walking past car dealerships and other scenic landmarks we arrived in the charming city of Verona. We were just beginning our search for pasta when we saw it. Correction. Adair spotted the place that up to this point we only knew as the fatalistic starting point of Amanda Seyfried's journey in "Letters to Juliet".
Juliet's house. As in, Romeo and Juliet.
After finding our pasta and the best gelato, oreo, nutella cookie sundae ever we went back to the hotel to prepare for our day long tour. aka- the 3 of us went home and wrote letters to Juliet in the hopes that we could drop them off the next day when the rest of our group was seeing Juliet's house for the first time.
Our tour guide took us up on the top of a mountain so that we had a beautiful birds eye view of Verona.
We did make it back to Juliet's house where we stealthily snuck inside to deposit our letters. This may or may not be one of the cheesier things that I've ever done but don't judge... I was obviously just doing it out of curiosity. Apparently the "Juliet's" (according to the movie, a group of women who get together around a big table overflowing with letters) actually write you back...
We also made a visit to Lake Garda, a sleepy town that I'm sure is bustling and beautiful in the summer just like the pictures paint it out to be. Unfortunately, it is February and uncharacteristically freezing but we had an amazing lunch and the town was cozy and fun to see.
After heading back to Verona for the rest of the day, we did a little more exploring, a little more shopping and had dinner before going back to the hotel.
Scheduled to make one more stop the next day we decided as a group to forego the last city on our trip and head back to Florence. This picture from the bus ride home should give you a little indication of why...
Ciao bella,
Love the hats :)
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