Today we went to Verona!! It was bella! We took the train- it was about an hour and a half. We went to beautiful churches, piatizzas (sp??????) AND we went to see Guillette! We saw her balcony. (pictured above) Although, Megan's super cool travel book said it was a scam because she was never actually there! Muhaha. We didnt go in the house or anything but we did go into the court yard to write our names on the wall. Also, the movie letters to Juliet is fiction, because there are NO LETTERS!! Its just writings on the wall. Also, if you touch Juliet's left boobie it's supposed to bring good luck. So of course we waited in line behind the Asian tour group to do it! Then we went to duomo, a BEAUTIFUL church that John Paul numba 2 was at. Then we sat down for some lunch. Man were we tired! We also ran into some AMERICANOS today from the U.P! Were were walking out of the church and I heard some english so I looked over and said americans? We talked to them for a bit. The dad was hilarious. I had some penne pasta with tomato sauce and fresh basil. NOM NOM! Caroline had a sauceless pizza with some of that Italian meat she loves. Taylor had some cheese and spinach thing, Allyson had some lasagna and Megan of course had a salada! Everyone loved their food. It is always so silent when we are eating because the food is execlente! After lunch we walked to the Palace...aka castle and walked around the courtyard. It was beautiful. It overlooked a cute little river. Then, we found our way back to the train station and rode for about 2 hours back to Bologna, went to the store got some 99 cent wine and went home to take a shower. Tonight, we are going to plan the rest of our travels. Mag and I were gunna pick up smoking to fit in around here but we quit before we could get started.
This weekend we're going to Florence for class on Thursday night. Stay till Saturday- on Saturday hit up Lucca, Piza, and Sienna and head back to Bologna that night because Sunday... one of the Italian students here.. pj is welcoming the Americans into his home in Verona and having some kind of dinner and wine tasting!! How cool is that!!!!!!
We're headed off to the Mensa for our 75 course dinner! Ciao!
Hi Sweetie still disappointed about the phone call today its a bummer you called a hour after you said you would :) So happy you got some good luck while you are over there you may need it! So what are you doing in Firenze (thats Florence if you didn't know yet) do you need some ideas?? Where was Maggie and what did she eat today? Please skype me my name is clare.broad
ReplyDeletesorry- mag had the same thing as i did so i forgot to mention her :/ oops!I think we're just gunna hit the market, maybe david. I've been there so i probs wont pay to go in. Ummm we have class there i think its a walking tour kinda deal so that will probs be it for firenze. we're goin to Lucca, pisa, and Siena if you have any suggestions for those!! xoxox Elena :)
ReplyDeleteLucca is really pretty to just walk around its kind of like a maze because its a city built with in the walls. I just did a day there so we did a little shopping and eating:) Pisa sucks don't waste your time crappy city with the only thing there is the tower. I am very serious! Never been to Siena but I'm sure its gorgeous.
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