Vivacious Verona

Verona is a great Italian city, full of life and beauty, markets and squares, bikes and little dogs. We arrived in the afternoon via our Fiat 500 and cruised up some winding streets on a hill to our B&B. We were greeted by a nice little Italian man and amazing views from our room of the city below. A 10 minute walk into the city, we found some lunch and explored the streets.

Of course, a stop at the house of Juliet was essential, and some lemon granita helped cool us down from the hot sun. There are two large piazzas in the old part of the city, one with a big open air market and one nestled next to a huge roman arena and surrounded by some great shopping streets. That evening we had dinner in Piazza Erbe and enjoyed the local drink of choice, the spritz aperol.

In the morning we headed out to Lake Garda... I'll do a separate post on that later. Back in Verona that evening we found the local natural food store and bought food for dinner. We found tempeh! We used the kitchen in our B&B and made tempeh wraps. We ate them on our balcony with a bottle of local red wine and watched as the moon rose over the hillside. Quite impressive. Our room was amazing, big and open with high ceilings, giant windows and million dollar views of Verona.

The second full day we drove a few miles north toward the Veneto wine region of Valpolicella. The hills, rows of grapes ripening in the sunshine, and beautiful Italian villas were stunning. The perfect backdrop for sipping amarone. We took a tour at Tommasi winery and sampled wines from the Nicolis vineyards. Of course, we had to buy some bottles as well. We headed back to Verona for cocktails and snacks in town. Lots of great people watching too!

We cooked dinner again at our place, this time a big kale salad with tofu, veggies and chickpeas enjoyed with a great Italian bread and their mouthwatering olive oil. I am completely obsessed with how amazing their olive oil is here. I love Italy! Verona and the surrounding area have been wonderful. But we have one more stop on our itinerary... Lake Como.

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