Porta Borsari

Today we are going to drive 4 hours north to Verona. Verona is of course most famous for being the location setting for 3 of Shakespeares plays. Did you know Shakespeare never even went to Verona ?
On our drive north we are going to stop at a place called “The Mall”. It’s a designer outlet outside of Florence. And when I say designer, I mean Gucci, Valentino, Ferragamo, YSL…all the major brands are there. After doing a little shopping, we stopped at a sandwich stand on the side of the road and grabbed some paninis. We wanted to get to Verona to see some of the city today. We checked into the hotel, parked the car and walked over to Juliet’s house. Not to be a total let down, but remember Romeo and Juliet is a fictional story. The balcony on the outside of this house was built in the 20th century. It’s in a cute little courtyard and there is a bronze statue dedicated to Juliet. The courtyard was made really famous by the movie Letters to Juliet. It’s really cute.
By this point a few other monuments were closing and we would just have to see them tomorrow. We sat for an apertivo and then started our 22 minute walk to dinner. Our friend Ricardo sent us some dinner recommendations and we wanted to experience a very local restaurant. Dinner was different…we could hardly translate the menu and they had stewed horse as a dish. We took a cab back and got a gelato. We don’t have a place to stay tomorrow night so that should be an adventure…..Ciao.Read more