Saturday 13th June 2026 Verona, Italy
Gareth had planned for us to visit Verona today, so, allowing for the weather we were up early and on the road for the short trip of about an hour.
There’s a great parkup on the edge of the city where we managed to get a spot in the shade.
We didn’t hang around and were in the old town by 10.30am.
The walk in takes you immediately past the Old Castle, an amazing structure with a bridge to access the other side of the fast-flowing river Adige.
Verona has one of the best preserved roman amphitheatres from the 1st century. Today its called the Verona Arena and hosts concerts and Operas.
Wow, it was lovely. It is set in a piazza called Piazza Bra and lined with multicoloured properties adding to the beautiful surroundings.
We wandered around it, deciding not to join the already long queue for entrance and then grabbed a pic at the “
Verona” sign. There were a couple of British girls trying to get a selfie, so I took pics for them and they reciprocated, cooing over Meg…as you do 
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Luckily there was a lot of shade as we wandered around the gorgeous lanes and streets, wandering past the courtyard housing Verona’s other famous attraction – Juliet’s balcony.
I’d seen on Insta that you could view it from the shop next door and avoid paying the entrance fee but we weren’t bothered. We caught a glimpse of it through the archway – which was enough for us!
Gareth heard a young American girl speaking on her phone to her mum and trying, once again to get a selfie, so Kelly ‘Bailey’ to the rescue again, bless her. She was very pleased with her pics.
We passed the cathedral and wandered some more, stopping for a bite to eat at the Roman gate of Porta Borsari, a gorgeous limestone structure.
Gareth was right, Verona is definitely worth a visit, our couple of hours did not do it justice. We have added it to our list of weekend visits – without a dog 
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On our way back to the van we popped across the old bridge and Meg had a paddle in the river to cool herself down. The bridge – you have to access it through a castle gate – was damaged during the war and was sympathetically reconstructed. I have to say they did a brilliant job.
Sitting on a bench in the riverside park, we were in awe of the roofline. Almost all of the buildings had the fab rustic terracotta tiles adorning them. A gentle reminder that you are in Italy.
The temperature had risen by the time we arrived back at the parkup, so we decided to move on. It was still early afternoon and we set our sights for Lake Iseo, only to see signs for Sirmione on Lake Garda – ooh, we have fond memories of that place, so a quick reset of the Sat Nav and here we are 
for a few nights by the beautiful Lake Garda.
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