I am currently waiting in the police station in Firenze in order to create a police report. It doesn't seem to be very effiecient so I decided to write.
Venice is beautiful, ungodly hot, but beautiful.
We arrive and after we take a tour of the Palace and the Church (Basillica San Marco) we all took a ride on the gondola. It rreally lives up to the hype. It's wonderfully romantic and our gondolier told us he had seen many people propose. He even let me drive!! Can you believe that??
Saturday was Rendentore--which means redeamer because the people of Venice survived the Black Death Plague. They string lanterns along the Grand Canal, party boats are everywhere and fireworks begin at 11:30pm. Vivaldi composed concertos celebrating Rendentore and we were able to see The Four Seasons performed at a theatre off of Sn Marco Piazza. Lar, Helena and I searched, well ran to find a perfect spot to set up Helena's camera for the fireworks. We did after jumping a fence and standing on stone blocks in t he water. Helena claims they turned out great but I haven't been able to see them yet.
Verona was everything you imagine a city that set the stage for Romeo and Juliet would be. Full of houses with balconies made of wrought ironand flowers, love notes stuck to Juliet's courtyard and a Roman ampitheatre. Incredible. Part of the original city walls still stand and the arean was built in the 2nd century BC. We watched Verdi's Aida under Roman stars and a wonderfully beautiful setting. I'll never be able to see it any other way.
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