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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