Verona

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Only been to Verona once and I loved it. Well, I do love Italian cities in general but this one is specially sweet and compact. It sits on a river like all decent towns do.

You get the Romeo & Juliet balcony of course and that is complete fiction. But it's jewel is the colisseum which is pretty much intact. They do concerts there and when I went, I saw Aida. You hire your cushion and sit on the stone terrace pretty much like they may have done 2,000 years ago. I doubt if it was opera then, more like gladiators. Now what a tourist attraction that would be today!

Across the square, I ate at a fast food place called Brek. As usual, many people look down on fast food places and often, rightly so. But this place was a model to all others - a huge selection of good healthy Italian food in spotless surroundings. Wish they'd open one up in Cardiff.