Verona Italy, city of romance.

Verona is Italy's forth most visited city. It's halfway to Venice from Milan. The city itself is famous for the love that Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet made Verona a household world. We took a one hour train ride to the lovestruck destination before noon so we could have plenty of time to wander around points of interests and just to relax later in the day at the main plaza with vino.

We checked-in at the historic classic Palazzo Maffei and were so happy with our quaint room; the architecture, the stairway, the piano hallway which later we found out that this place is also an Opera school and it's now off season for lessons. Well, it wasn't just the room that we were happy about but the location also. It's located at the main plaza of Verona called Piazza Erbe that is packed with medival views.

Speaking of attractions, of course, we walked to see where the real-life Cappello family once lived - The house of Juliet. Had a picture of myself taken on Juliet's balcony (As a visitor I thought I should do it). I didn't get to touch a Juliet bronze statue for the love luck belief. I just couldn't beat the crowds. I paid six euros just to get a significant picture on her balcony for a once in a life experience.

Another hot spot for visiting is the Arena di Verona, the well-preserved amphitheater (much better condition than the Colosseum in Rome) which used to be the third largest in the Roman world - dates from the first century a.d. It still retains most of its original stone and now becomes the famous open air opera house. Later, we walked our way to the red-brick walled castle Castelvecchio and got some nice river views froma soaring arch on the Castelvecchio Bridge.

I don't know if this the feeling of being so in love with the history and architecture or if it's just impressions related to the Romeo & Juliet hype. I just wanted to say that I really like Verona and I love Italy.

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