Verona

My wife and I were supposed to go to Budapest this weekend on an ITT trip, but the trip was canceled. Instead, we decided to go to Verona, Italy and stay the night. It was great. We stayed at the Residence Antico San Zeno. It was a fine place set in a renovated Medieval building with a full kitchen and lights in the floor. We toured the sites and ate at Al Carro Armato. The food was good, even though we did not sample the Veronese specialty -- horse meat. The city is known for Roman ruins, opera, and a balcony that purportedly belonged to Juliet (it didn't -- it was erected in the 1930s). The families on which Shakespeare based Romeo and Juliet reportedly were from nearby Vincenza. Juliet's balcony has become more famous as a tourist trap -- which it is. Below are my favorite pictures from Verona.