Friday 15th – Verona
Our first problem! The aircon in the vehicle does not seem to be working and the electricity we have been provided with is not enough to power ‘the beast’. I have been running the generator but it doesn’t seem to be having any effect. We have opened all of the windows and kept the door open and that seems to be keeping the Winny cool enough. There is a lovely breeze coming off the lake anyway so that seems to do the trick.
The boys with their mates outside the Amphitheatre in Verona!
Today was Verona and we went to get a bus at 10:37 only to get our first introduction to the Italian bus system. Three things one needs to be aware of: 1. The timetable is clearly advisable only. 2: When a bus driver says he is going somewhere do not assume that he will actually go there. 3. Despite the routes all being numbered with a reasonably clear route of stops, there are no numbers on the buses and more importantly the when asked the bus drivers have no idea that there is a numbered route system! So when our bus was 40 mins late into Verona I suppose we should have thought that normal.
Juliets balcony…
Verona was lovely and we did ‘speed tourism’ as we were an hour late arriving and we wanted to catch a bus back two and a half hours later. Consequently the slow pace of Italian life with regular stops in Café’s was not to be. We managed several sites including several Piazzas, the Castelveccio, the amphitheatre and Juliet’s balcony. We also managed to have some time in a café watching the world go by.
Verona.
We stopped off (unintentionally as the bus driver took a different route home) at Lazise which had a lovely terrace overlooking the lake. Then it was back to ‘the beast’ and most importantly a swim in the lake which was hugely refreshing. The highlight of the day was definitely Verona but poor J came off his bike and grazed his knee badly which meant that he hobbled a lot but he was very brave and is bicycling around the campsite again as I write.
B jumping off the pedalo…
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