VERONA

Once again we found ourselves on a train heading towards another city. I had originally planned to spend the weekend back in Venice because there were many things I had yet to see, but at this point in the week I was exhausted. I think most of us were on architectural overload and we were just plain worn out from the late nights, early mornings and long days.

We went to Carlo Scarpa’s Castelvecchio in the morning with the intent of seeing the famous bridge that he designed but it was closed during construction. Bummer. We stopped by a Roman Coliseum and finished up the day with the Banca Popolare di Verona designed by Carlo Scarpa.

Castelvecchio

Castelvecchio entrance.

Roman Coliseum

Banca Popolare di Verona designed by Carlo Scarpa

My favorite picture: Outside of the bank I was trying to take a sly picture of the wigs in the window, and I happened to catch the old man inside posing.

From there on we were free to go home and I was ready to get on a train and head back to Como. On my way to the train station I stopped by Juliet’s Villa (of Romeo and Juliet) where the walls were covered with the graffiti of lovers. Inside the courtyard there was a girl who was posing for a picture while touching the exposed breast on Juliet’s statue and I thought it was funny so I took a picture. I found out later that it is good luck to touch the bronze boob- now I am probably cursed with bad luck in the Romance Department for the rest of my life…

Some random girl touching Juliet’s breast

I made it to the train station and hoped on the first train that was Como bound. Boy was I glad to get home and put on some clean underwear! Traveling with just one bag can become difficult after traveling for long periods of time without places to do laundry.