Day Twenty Two - Photo a Day

Hope you are still with me!

This is the last of my Italy pics for this blog...I know you are all devastated to know you wont be able to read anymore of my ramblings about the trip, but it's OK.

I will leave off where I began in Italy, because I'm all poetic and that, at the airport! Everyone's favorite place when they are on their holidays. We had just been abandoned by the shitty rep when I saw this floating on the water feature outside (Charlie Dimmock would love it).

Eventually the rep appeared after thinking she had a group of Japanese tourists...she was an idiot. But all was forgiven when the aircon was turned on on the coach. Ahh cool comfort.

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Day Twenty One - Photo a Day

These pictures don't go together at all...but I love them both and took them on the same day so they will go together.

The first picture was taken whilst walking down the street in Verona, they were teeny but so pretty...and Chanel was just around the corner so I got to stare in and dream.

The second photo is outside the amphitheatre where you can see the sets for some of the operas happening there. It was the 89th opera festival and the sets were amazing. The Egyptian sets are for Aida..the rest I can't remember.

It's taken from across the road so you can't see the amphitheatre in all it's glory but I just wanted the moment when the festival was one :)

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Day Twenty - Photo a Day

Ten days left everyone! (ahem)

I wasn't going to include these pictures as the quality might not be amazing, but they are fresco's on the side of buildings in Verona. 500 years old and original. And slowly decaying since the properties are privately owned and the govt has no money...hooray for the euro! A waiter told us the fresco's will only be around for another 50 years if that unless something is done. And they are amazing.

I made them x-large in the hope you can see the fresco's...and I'm no photographer as you may already know so apologies for the sun getting into shot.

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Day Nineteen - Photo a Day

A trip to Verona would not be complete without visiting Juliette's balcony. Which was put there 80 years ago by the Italian govt to please the tourists...shh!

Still the experience of visiting the house (not really hers...shh!) was wonderful, going in the walls were being repainted to cover the messages of love tourists had written everywhere. Some were thanking the love they have found, and some were asking for love. If you took your time there you would find some really beautiful messages.

Whilst the messages outside were being painted over to make way for new ones, inside the house I found this...

I think it was specially commissioned for the house but it features real messages to Juliet about love and all things like that. So not made by an artist pretending but real messages preserved for the house, which is nice considering the ones outside are being re painted.

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Day Eighteen - Photo a Day

A beautiful little plaque in Verona. It was underneath a scroll like metal statue with pictures telling the tale of Romeo and Juliet, found just outside the Colosseum/ Amphitheatre.

Loved this little message. Even more so when the guide told us the Italian govt made a grave for Juliet just to please the American tourists. The sentiment still stands though :)

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Day Seventeen - Photo a Day

Hello there!

This photo is from the little island of Burano. That's right, not Murano where the glass is made, but Burano where the lace is made. Lace in itself isn't that thrilling but Burano itself was beautiful. It was described to us as 'the island where the rainbow breaks' on the boat over from Venice.

When you arrive it is easy to see why it is described in that way, the houses are all painted different bright colours and no two together are the same. It is like a Disney film in there, especially with random old women making lace on the street.

They have a leaning tower too...but it isn't on this photo...sorry.

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Day Sixteen - Photo a Day

This photo is from a boat trip on Lake Garda and shows the ruins of a Roman villa. It was massive and half the bricks had been stolen to build the castle on the island. And that castle is a proper sized castle, no messing about there.

Obviously this picture doesn't do it justice but then it is something you will just have to go and see for yourself. And you should if you get the chance it is beautiful there.

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Day Fourteen - Photo a Day

I love this photo so much, It is of the lovely gondolier we had in Venice. And yes, I was about to call him a gondola man, but then remembered the helping hand that is google.

He was extremely proud of his city and pointed out the important sights on the little tour. We went around one of the islands which had the opera house and a beautiful church  close by. The onto the grand canal to 'park up' which was so busy!

Mr Gondolier told us it wasn't usually this busy but a building had collapsed on the normal gondola routes and so that canal was closed and everyone was having to go on the grand canal. Good news though as we were close to 3 gondolas with singers in them and they synchronised which was lovely...it also lengthened the trip to an hour instead of thirty mins :)

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Day Thirteen - Photo a Day

This little note was in the hotel toilets and I enjoyed it. So it found itself on my blog, lucky thing!

Oh and I wasn't in Westminster, I was in Italy. Another reason to enjoy.

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