So the blog post should give you the answer... But if you need help we went to Verona. It was Ali's day off and offered to drive us all to Verona. It's about a two hour drive and by 11.30 we were there.
The car park was amazing with opera music piping out. First stop was the Arena - we had to do the tourist thing... When in Italy...
They were in the middle of changing productions so the stage was very interesting. We stepped up to the top of the cheap seats - unreserved stone seats to you - for a spectacular view of the surrounding area.
We had looked into going to a production but the coach doesn't return until 4 in the morning. So will need to leave that for another time...
Next up was Juliet's balcony - well in for a penny... It did vet us discussing iif there was an actual Juliet, but more of that later... It was a right royal scrum at the balcony but well worth the effort.
After all that excitement it was time for lunch and we found a restaurant just off the main square to sit down and seek refuge in the shade. The temperature was in the mid 40's today and that takes it toll.
So following the Juliet theme we went in search of her tomb - still not having answered the key question - was it an actual person. If not it is a great piece of marketing as I paid for 5 people to view the tomb of a non-existent person.
I will Google it later but the highlight when visiting the tomb was Miss H asking 'where is she then?' as the tomb was empty...
Next up was a lot of shopping before heading back to the car. Ali then suggested some retail therapy on the way home at an Outlet Mall. Never ones to turn down shopping the girls did some damage to their purses.
We finally returned to the camp site at about 8 after a fab day visiting places we would never of had a chance of visiting ourselves. It was well worth the journey and would be happy to go back there and stay.
So we are all feeling tired and sun beaten and sitting here having pizzas and pasta whilst I type this. Thanks Ali for a fab day.
It's hard to believe that tomorrow we have been here a week but tempus fugit (if my memory of Latin hasn't let me down - quite apt given where we are)
We know our plans for tomorrow but you know the rules - you will need to pop back and if I have time I will do some research into Romeo and Juliet.
