Trip Report Day Six

Day Six: Friday, June 30, 2006

I slept in until 9 am. Sweet.

Breakfast was uneventful. Then we were off for a short tour of Verona. We spent some time touring with Mimmo as tour guide. He seemed to know more about Verona than Claudio! So Claudio volunteered to drive while Mimmo talked. No thanks Claudio, we’ll keep Mimmo. (I’m assuming Mimmo is spelled that way. Claudio told us that it is pronounced Mim-mo, not Mi-mo. Mimo means mime. We even made up a cheer for Mimmo, we liked him so much. “When I say Mim- you say –Mo. Mim- Mo, Mim- Mo! Anywho, I digress.)   We stopped at the river took some cool photos and proceeded to find the Casa di Guilleta.  
Jacqui’s tour guide service is once again open for business! One of the cool things about these European towns is the surprise you can get when you turn a corner. Like a really cool church tucked into the streets of Verona. We spent a few minutes at this hidden away church and then found our way to Juliet’s (as in Romeo and…) House.  The House of Juliet is a memorial to the legend of Romeo and Juliet. There’s a statue of Juliet there and well, you can get good luck if you, well, ahem, you’ll have to ask the guys who did this what they did. This is a family show.

We found a nice gelato shop on the way back to the bus. Man, I love gelato. Gelato. It’s so important it should always be capitalized! We didn’t want to, but we got back on the bus and went on our way to Lago di Garda.   This bus trip was worth it!!! The place is absolutely breathtaking. Molte Bella!  
The town of Sirmione is located on a thin peninsula that juts out into the lake. So you can see the lake on both sides, and the town is quaint and there is a cool castle right smack dab in the middle of town.

 
Italy was playing a “football” game that evening so there was hardly any audience. I think even Claudio snuck off to see the game!

After the concert we stopped at an outdoor café and I got some Lemon Granita.Yummm. Lemon Shaved Ice. We had great seats by a small jazz group. Very nice. Then we tried to find a bancomat with no luck. So we headed back to the hotel. Theo and I went out behind hotel to look at pretty view of lake. It was kind of funny, because while we where back there we saw Danny and Eathan get in trouble for sitting out on the dock making noise. (Somebody complained.) Funny thing was, we think it was Eathan’s parents who where making the noise!) So the hotel guard or clerk or whoever he was escorted Danny and Ethan into the hotel. Then he locked the doors. Theo and I were locked out! We had to figure out an escape route. We finally ended up climbing over the fence in front of the pool.  
What an adventure! We probably could have just knocked on the door and have the desk clerk come open it for us, but what’s the fun in that?