We had a free weekend during that Milan trip with Space Furniture. While my travel friends went shopping (first weekend of the summer sales!), my Milan-based ex-model aunt took me on a road trip to Verona.
You cannot truly appreciate design without studying its history; I know there is still much for me to see in person. Verona is not just a charming place full of conservation architecture, it’s also such a literary destination. How can I not go?
From this arched entryway, it’s basically pedestrian-only traffic.
Although there are little side streets – the “modernized” zones – where residents can bring their cars and Vespas.
People flock to Verona for two things. The opera in this coliseum.
They were performing Aida that season, hence the sphinxes outside the theater.
The other reason: Romeo and Juliet. Here is the path towards Juliet’s tomb.
The fictional Juliet is “buried” in this little garden.
This courtyard is supposedly the monastery or convent guarding Juliet’s tomb.
After a while the buildings all look the same.
Until you get to this graffiti’d gate. There are letters everywhere: on the walls, stuck in the bricks, tied to the roof eaves and grilles.
The balcony from which those immortal lines “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou…” were supposedly said.
Here’s the view from inside the balcony.
Juliet’s bedroom.
A sitting room.
The balcony view from the highest room inside Juliet’s house.
My fabulous tour guide, Tita Annie, also drove me over the border to Lugano, Switzerland.
