Lovely, fair Verona… <3
Verona, Italy… Home of the star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliette. Unfortunately there was to be no whirlwind romance for me in Verona, but there were lots of beautiful back-alley streets to 
We started our wandering through the city with the touristy city centre… I had been excited to make a stop by Casa di Giulietta, because really, what else does Verona really have that’s much more notable than Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliette? Unfortunately, we were completely let down by her house/balcony courtyard… Here I was imagining: how sweet and romantic… A quiet courtyard that is a pilgrimage site for thousands of giddy little teenage girls every year, just praying for love. I even thought, “Sure. I’ll 
What I didn’t expect was to have to fight my way through the courtyard, past middle-aged Asian men… Haha :) Definitely not the cute little, meditation spot I was imagining it would be… Instead of quaint little love notes tucked in the wall, all we found were graffiti and bubble gum stuck to everything… Although I will admit that the graphitized love notes were a little cool… :) I even left one of my own: I visited fair Verona on August 11th which coincidentally was the 23rd Birthday of my best friend and “heterosexual life partner”, Jetta… So somewhere in Verona, if Jet should ever visit, she’ll find a heart with our names in it. <3
Juliette’s Balcony…
Love note graffiti… <3
Anyway, so after our disappointing “tourist-trap” moment, we headed to the back alley streets for a little less of the crowds and a little more “authentic Verona”… We found our way to the river and eventually to this amazing little cafe for lunch… We sat outside for most of the afternoon just chatting it up and eating pizza… And on our way home, of course, made a stop for gelato! :)
The party was just getting started though… Because after we left Verona, we headed for some beach time! :)
With Love from Verona, Italy… <3 Mary Elizabeth
I lurve you! And how was the gelato... Do you find it as amazing as I remember?
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