Italy Day 10 - On the road again, headed for Switzerland via Milan

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The Venice boat taxi's run just about 24 hours a day, hauling people, or supporting materials to the big island. We saw laundry being delivered to hotels, groceries and vegetgables coming in, and construction crews that were remodeling buildings, hauling their construction debris to a special little barge, kind of a bigger boat than the taxi, so that it could be taken to the mainland.

The first stop was for a "comfort" stop, but the AutoGrill was shut down, so on to Verona.

In Verona, we got to see the effects of Roman Empire in buildings. The town was "remomdeled" not too long ago, about 1500, so it is fairly new.

One of the major draws of this town is the house of Romeo and Juliet. The play was about a ficticious couple, which in real life were part of the Scaligeri Family and another family. The place is a fake, the balconehy was added to attract tourists, and all the shops are setup to do it as well. There is a statue in the courtyard, which is popular with tourists, such that lovers can rub the right breast of Juliet to find a lover, or perhaps pick up the sweat of someone who can't find a lover. Of course, the right breast is polished and shines and there were hundreds waiting to play with the statue.

Walking around to and from the courtyard, we saw lots of stores, mostly high-end, and in the main square, near the Coloseum which is were we stopped to enjoiy a lesiurely lunch with friends.

After lunch, we continued our journey to Lugano, Switzerland, with a stop in Milan for comfort.

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Photos

It looses something in the translation.
Seen on the stairs coming down from floor 2 to floor 0 where they tried to round off the ceiling, but evidently people still hit their head. The sign does give you notice. It must have worked, because I didn't hit my head on it.

Arriving in Verona, we need to take a city bus to the old part of town.
We are waiting for a city bus to pick us up and take us to the main square, and piazza

The Coloseum was right outside the city wall.
Verona has a colosseum, as did Rome.

Another view of the Colosseum.
We did not tour this one. It was a bit smaller than the one in Rome.

The main square
Each city has a plaza, where everyone comes to hang out.

Walking to Juliet's garden
This street is not that narrow, nor very crowded right now.

Juliet's Garden entry.
Crowd is not here yet, but it is coming.

Lost love perhaps
The crowd is on it's way. You can see the polished boob on the statue. Polished by all the tourists rubbing it, to find a lover.

It's getting crowded here.
As you can see, someone below the fake balconey, rubbing on the statue to find a love.

The end of the plaza.
The bell tower, the hall, the instant photo booth round out the medieval architecture.

The view from our balcony in the hotel room
You not only see the mountains, and villages, but our humble tour bus at the lower left of the picture.