We woke up to a nice breakfast that Paula left for us. We had toast, jelly, salami, cheese (the Italians got the cheese thing down too, take notes Spain!), yogurt, cocoa pebbles, orange juice, tea, etc. Gourmet and delicious.
We ate and then got dressed for the rainy weather. On our way to the next piazza, we stopped at a gelato shop and had a couple scoops to get us started. Yes, it was raining, and yes, it was only 10 a.m., but you know what they say...."When in Italy...." We couldn't resist.
After we ate our gelato, we went to the Roman Arena, paid 4.50 to get in, only to find out they were doing construction and really, the Arena looked much better from the outside. There really wasn't much to see on the inside, except the construction, and that doesn't always photograph so well. That could have got us another few scoops of gelato!!!!
Anyway, then we were on our way to a castle: castel veccio to be precise. We walked around the castle and took a few pictures and then headed to our next destination: Romeo's house. On our way there we stumbled upon another church, San Lorenzo. We walked in through the gates and up to the church, but we couldn't figure out how to open the door. We thought it was locked until the man behind us pushed the door, not pulled it and then snickered a little at us. BLONDE MOMENT.
Here in Europe every door is push instead of pull, so we always look like idiots trying to pull every door open, but at least we get a good laugh, us and the people watching us. On our way out of the gates when we were finished with the church, the gates wouldn't open. We stood there, trying to figure out how we were going to navigate this contraption and then a guy from inside the church came out and opened them for us. Of course, the man who helped open the door letting us in was right behind us watching this all unfold. He passed us on the street and gave us a funny looked and we all laughed.
On our way to Romeo's house we got a little lost, of course, and ended up at Anastasia Cathedral. We walked around inside and then made our way to Romeo's house, finally. After arriving at Romeo's house we found only a closed garage door with a bunch of writing on it. Clearly, Juliette's house was the more popular one.
As it was the afternoon, it was time for cappuccino. We found a cute cafe and sat inside and drank cappuccino and ate pizza for an afternoon snack.
After pizza and cappuccino we stumbled upon some type of Gardens but later realized it was 7 euro to get in and quickly decided to go to the Roman theater just down the road. At the top of the Roman theater you could see all of Verona, it was quite beautiful with the river running along the middle of the town. It was cold, but a dry crisp cold, which made the pictures that much better.
But the Roman Theater wasn't enough. We wanted to be higher and get an even better view. We took a road that wound through the countryside part of Verona, up and around to the highest point in Verona, the Saint Maria Cathedral. Where we looked out and saw an breathtaking, unrealistic view of God's beautiful creation: Verona, Italy.
After our small photo shoot of Verona, we walked back down the mountain and on to San Zen Basilica. We walked along the beautiful river that wove in and around the town for what seamed like forever, and eventually arrived at the Basilica, which ended up being a disappointment.
Then it was finally time for our favorite part of each day: DINNER TIME!
We retraced our steps to where we were in the piazza in the morning and sat down and had pizza.
Day 5: God's country: Verona, Italy
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