We left early from the train station here in Florence and drove on a bus for about 4 hours to Verona. It poured the whole way but was beautiful once we arrived, which was so amazing!
Then we went as a group on a guided tour of the city. We saw a castle and toured it and even saw a wedding in one of the court yards. We also, of course, saw the famous house of Juliet! If you have ever seen the movie "Letters to Juliet" it was the same setting with the same statue but there were some differences. First, the movie doesn't even come close to showing how completely stuffed the place was, its like a turkey on Thanksgiving. Also, as far as we could figure out, there were no letters written. We thing the story stemmed from a wall in the entrance which has been written all over. Whatever the situation, it was a beautiful place and so fun to see where the movie was filmed. I put pictures of the castle and Juliet's house and the wall below so all the other pictures are just of the town. I hope you enjoy!
Also, just so everyone knows. If you have heard about the train station in Italy that was set on fire it was in Rome and I was not there during that time. So if you were worried please know that I'm safe and there have been no major problems for those of us in the program!
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