Oct. 15
We took a day trip to Verona today. Verona is the city that Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is placed. So it is in Verona, that you can find many places related to this fictional characters. There is Juliet's house, with her famous balcony, Juliet's Tomb, and Romeo's house.
We woke up early hoping to catch the 8:30 train. Unfortunately we did not catch that train, but we were able to figure out the train system and caught an 11:30 train. After killing a couple hours hanging around the train station, eating, and checking out a local bookstore. The train took a couple hours, and got us to Verona around 1.
The first place we went was the Arena. The Arena is a roman piece of architecture, similar to the Coliseum.
After lunch we headed over to Juliet's house.
At Juliet's house there is a ton of letters and messages to her, about love.
Juliet herself is there. Legend has it that if you rub her right boob, it will bring you good luck.
There is also her balcony.
We went into her house. It is museum style. With props and costumes from the first movie.
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| Juliet's bed from the first movie. |
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| One of Juliet's dresses from the first movie. |
After seeing Juliet's house, we headed over to her Tomb.
The main part is a museum.
At the end is her tomb.
Personally I'm a little confused as to why a fictional character has a tomb, but it was cool, and brings in a tons of tourists every year.
We then headed back to the train to get back to Venice for the night.
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