4 Gentlewomen of Verona

VERONA, ITALY

 All the world's a stage! Oh Shakespeare. <3

During the weekend of October 18 - 21, I, along with three other beautiful young ladies, ventured south to the romantic city of Verona, Italy. A weekend filled with window shopping, 

even some real shopping, acoustic outdoor concerts, ROMEO & 

JULIET, the good theatre feel, 
strolling through quaint, ancient streets, making new, foreign friends, writing letters to Juliet, Italian flea antique market rummaging, breakfast feasting, Italian cappuccino drinking, and new forming friendships. It was a lovely and much needed weekend!








We went into the colosseum type building called the Arena di Verona in Verona when there had been a concert there the night before. I love how artistically driven this city is. I wish we could have seen an opera in this venue!!

And this is the view from the top of the Anfiteatro Romano overlooking the Piazza Bra!

Markets out of Piazza dei Signori where Blue Acoustic Trio entertained us both nights!

 Every third Saturday of the month, an antique flea market outside of the Basilica di San Zeno (below) decorates the piazza with unique people, paintings, jewelry, books, furniture and many more random things! I found and bought an old, Italian copy of "Two Gentlemen of Verona" there! The pretty pictures of the butterfly collections were from a German encyclopedia from 1800! I couldn't afford to take them home with me - but I'm happy I got to take a picture!

Italian cappuccinos in delicate china, plus chocolate cake... Need I say more??

This is the picturesque Ponte Scaligero Bridge giving you a wonderful view over the canal of Verona. Verona was so picture perfect. We walked everywhere and there were beautiful buildings, fountains, bridges and hills everywhere you looked!

 .LETTERS to JULIET.

 The famous "Juliet's Balcony" with sweet Jess

statue of Juliet outside of the Capulet house.

sporting my new shopping purchases here (:

 View from the top floor of Juliet's house and museum!

I also bought some gifts from the 

adorable embroidery store right 

next to Juliet's house.

 (you can see the balcony in the back!) 

   

I bought a love lock for me and Kyle Cub (:

 The lovely Verona at night. 

 We met four German guys our age who are studying in Italy after the outdoor concert last night. They were so kind and it was so enlightening to talk to young men who grew up in different country from us. We also practiced all of our languages! Between the eight of us, a total of 5 languages were practiced that night (English, German, Spanish, Italian, and French). Our German teachers would be proud to hear of us exercising our Deutsch skills outside of class!

If music be the food of love, play on. 

Shakespeare