Day 28: Verona

Verona is gorgeous and we spent most of the day walking and sightseeing.  The buildings are beautiful and many have extra detail adorning the walls and doors.  We took a train ride around the streets to get our bearings and it was a great way to see the highlights.  The river is beautiful and their are a few pretty gardens close by. We saw Juliette's balcony which was boring and swarming with too many tourists.  The corridor full of graffiti and chewing gum with post it notes stuck to it was tacky. Lunch was a let down sadly, mostly because we felt ripped off.  It was a pretty nice place but just fell short of expectation and cost us way too much.  Rick had escargot, scallops and pasta with sardines. Maxies gnoochi gorganzola with walnuts with fabulous though. Dinner was more palatable - 5 buckets of chips washed down with a few beers and wine in a Belgian cafe.  We just couldn't do another plate of pasta or pizza.  A storm blew in and everyone went running for cover and that was the end of dinner.  We strolled back through town for another look at the mini Colosseum, and as luck would have it, we stopped outside a restaurant in a side street just as the waiter broke into an operatic performance.  It was fabulous and the kids were cheering and dancing in the street.  Rick has gone to other hotel and I am feeling flat and not up to elaborating too much more.