Verona

It is a public holiday today as it is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Verona is full of markets and tourist. Poor Ruby got nudged really hard on our walking tour as I think they were trying to get her camera or handbag, but as the handbag was secure on her shoulders, the camera came crashing onto the hard cobbled stones. The camera screen broke off from the camera and camera was badly damaged and irreparable. This happened at Piazza Erbe.
We walked over 5km looking for a camera shop but couldn't find one suitable. We finally gave up and decided to try tomorrow morning.Tired and dejected, we met the girls back at where we had been invited to the night before for a Veronese dialect jam session that was also the birthday party of the singer in the band.
That was a great evening. The band comprised of a violin, piano, base, guitar and a singer. They played Veronese folk songs and sang in the old dialect. When they finished, the birthday boy even presented us one of their CD.
We were able to get a new camera the next morning before our train to Siena.Read more