Verona

Three of my roommates and I went to Verona yesterday for the day. It was the best decision we could have made! Even though it was supposed to be cold and rain all day we decided we should go anyway. The tickets were only 15 euro roundtrip so there was no real way of wasting money.

After a two hour train ride we arrived in Verona. Amazingly enough it was not raining all though still a little cloudy. We bought the Verona Pass for 10 euro which allowed us to go see 10 touristy spots and have free reign of the bus system throughout the day. It was such a good deal since Juliet's house alone was 6 euro. We pretty easily found our way to the center of the old city and began looking around at all the different stands and such. It was amazing to feel like I was back in Europe. There were tiny streets and old buildings. Verona is such a contrast to Milan which just feels big and gray right now. The sun was shining in Verona. It was fabulous. Then we hear this odd noise and here comes a marching band coming towards the piazza we were in, but it wasn't a normal marching band, they were all dressed up in ridiculous costumes. We watched for awhile and then continued our way through the city.

As we walked we kept seeing random people dressed up in costumes, some Pharoahs, some Jokers. It seemed like a little bit of everything. Then when we got near the Arena we saw little kids dressed up as well. It seemed like Halloween all over again! We had no real idea what was going on until I picked up a flyer that sad there was a German music festival going on the day. Well we continued on our way to the old castle museum and as we got to the entrance they were in the process of closing traffic because there was a parade about to start. It turns out that the random Saturday that we chose to go to Verona was EuroCarnival. Needless to say it was so much fun, besides freezing to death. We were exhausting afterwards and came home on an earlier train. Pictures are on facebook if you would like to see more of the craziness.