Verona and Venice

We drove out of lovely Lake Como yesterday and ditched the car in Milan. Yeay for trains! A lunch picnic on the train and  then we're meeting back up with Nicole in Verona.

In Verona, we took a gelato-making class and walked around old town Verona - it's beautiful! Brenna and I had a lovely dinner and passeggiata (while Nicole was sleeping/fighting a bad cold). We’ll spend the day here and head to Venice for this evening and tomorrow.

Brenna in Verona!

Piazza della Erbe

Erbe

Erbe

Castelvecchio

Arena di Verona

Piazza di Nicoya

Casa di Giuletta.  Juliet's balcony!

Sant'Anastasia (Gothic church)

Duomo di Santa Maria Matricolare (Cathedral)

Duomo

Streets of Verona

Lunch stop (There's Nicole on the city bike) 

La Bottega della Gina. The best damn tortellini

Ponte Scaligero (bridge) and Castelvecchio (left) on the Fuime (river) Adige 

22 hours in Magical VENICE! (What a tease - but again, SO worth it)!

St. Mark's Square

St. Mark's Basilica

St. Mark's Square at dusk  - spectacular

The Vivaldi Concert venue

A-mazing AMAZING

On the (grand canal) 'bus'. A gondola and Rialto Bridge in the background. Perfect!

The buzzing Grand Canal

Rialto Bridge

View of St. Mark's Square from the Campanile (tower)

St. Mark's

Busy streets and alleys of Venice

A lunch and spritz (with aperol) on the Grand Canal (near the train station)

Grand Canal