Here are a few shots along our way:
This is the Mincio River
A view from a medieval fortified town, Peschiera del Garda, where we stopped for coffee. It is along Lake Garda, a huge lake, but I didn't get a picture of the lake here.
A good part of the day's ride was along a bike path, but it started to rain seriously while we were on it. Luckily we were rescued by our borrowed ponchos (though we should have taken them out and tried them on beforehand -- it took us a while to figure out how to wear them correctly, and we got pretty wet). The rain didn't last long and it wasn't particularly cold, so we were OK.
That night we were bused into Verona for a short tour, and then we went to dinner at a lovely restaurant whose name I don't remember.
This is the Adige River that runs through Verona (we will see more of it tomorrow). The city is very pretty at night.
They have Roman arches.
And a Roman colliseum that is still used today for outdoor concerts.
The famous (perhaps infamous) "Juliet balcony", erected by Veronese who got tired of tourists asking where Juliet's balcony was. There is a bronze statue of Juliet below. You have to touch (rub?) her left breast to find true love. Apparently she (in living form) appears on the balcony regularly, but not when we were there.
This was used to publicly punish criminals. That's a neck iron. Not sure which sins Jay is atoning for here.
A view of the town fortifications from the river.
As you can see, the town is quite lovely -- a lot more to see than I have captured here. We should have stayed a few extra days in Verona after the trip; poor planning on our part.
No comments:
Post a Comment