In Fair Verona, Where We Lay Our Scene...

In the morning we left Venice for another famous city in the Veneto region: Verona. Maybe it's because Romeo and Juliet is one of my favorite Shakespeare plays, but for some reason I really wanted to see Verona during my time in Italy.

Labeled as a UNESCO World Heritage site due to the city itself, Verona's biggest draws are "la casa di giulietta" and its arena. According to my research, Verona has approximately 265,000 inhabitants. According to my experience, it has just as many tourists.

When we were there, the streets of Verona were almost too packed to be enjoyable. You could easily see that it was a beautiful city (especially while in its main square), but the streets were cramped and the attractions were more crowded than Disney World.

Upon getting there, it was a quick bus ride to the city center. Like many Italian cities, it seems as if Verona progressively built on top of itself. There were sections in certain areas where the old city floor had been excavated (an interesting site to say the least).

A slice of "old" Verona.

One of Verona's many little piazzas.

I might be a coffee addict...maybe.

After walking around for a bit, and grabbing a quick caffé macchiato, we were ready to go...and this girl dragged her two guy friends to the girliest attraction in town: Juliet's Balcony.