In every city and village that we visited, we noticed a nightly progression. In Italian, it is called la passegiata . Couples and families get dressed in their finest and walk around the main streets of town and through piazzas. It is a time to see and to be seen and to socialize. I loved this time of night. La passegiata usually occurs before dinner, between the hours of 5 and 8. I saw couples, both old and young, families, and generations of families, strolling leisurely through town. My favorite me
Love. That is what Verona is and reminds me of. This fair city is infamously known for the setting in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet . The Great Bard set a lot of his plays in Italy– The Two Gentlemen of Verona , The Merchant of Venice , and Winter’s Tale , all have scenes in this great country. So it is not surprising “In fair Verona where we lay our scene…” that this came to be a destination for tourists to connect with these two star-crossed lovers. There is a crowded atrium, where people go to visit “J