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Friday's doings and some about Verona, Italy
What a nice day it was! I took Mom to my hair dresser so she could get a hair cut. I made an appointment to get my hair cut next Wednesday while I was there.
After the hair salon, we had a quick lunch at home and then went with Cari to Redlands to see The Mitten Building. This is a lovely building that used to be a packing house many years ago. It is constructed of brick, has dark wood floors, and open ceiling showing all the big beamed rafters. It has an upstairs section where the vows will be exchanged and a huge reception room below where dinner will be served and the reception will be held. We are probably going to invite around 125 people to the big day. Should be lovely. Cari is so excited. I can start to see the Bride's glow about her.
Mom and I started our scrap booking today of all the photos and goodies we brought home from our trip. It's going to be so much fun putting these books together. We can re-hash the entire trip while we put our pictures in the books.
Speaking of the trip, I'm going to post some pictures from Verona. Verona was our second stop on the trip. We spent the first few days in Milan which I will write about another time. This little town was one of our favorite stops during our time in Italy. It is quaint, charming, and not as busy as Milan, Rome or Florence. It is the home of the 3rd largest arena in Italy.
While we were there, there was an International Choir competition being held in the arena. Choirs from all over the world were there. We were lucky enough to meet members of the choirs from Puerto Rico and the Ukraine. The arena hosts a summer Opera Series that attracts opera lovers from all over the world. They use the old arena because it has perfect acoustics.
We stayed at a lovely Bed and Breakfast Inn just a bus ride away from downtown. We loved this place. It was comfortable, clean and they served the best breakfast of the trip. All the cakes, pastries, and other food was made by the owner of the Inn. What a great cook she is! Everything was delicious.
Verona Breakfast - just look at those delicious cakes. How could you choose which ones to eat? Awesome.
Verona Arena - 3rd largest arena in Italy
Juliette's balcony. Can you imagine Romeo standing below professing his love for her? Her statute is in the shadow on the far left. You can just barely see it.
These last two photos were taken on the lovely Verona Streets. These are typical of Italy - very narrow, cobble stone streets, and lovely colors. In the last photo, you can see my sister Carol's back (Black blazer and black pants) and Cari's back - jeans, black sweater with her white t-shirt showing just a bit.
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Great blog...makes me miss one of the most romantic cities (Verona) a lot.
Dennis Czigler
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I loved Verona when I was there too! Did you visit that lovely open market square with the fountains? I'm enjoying seeing your pics and hearing your tales of Italy. Jeannette xx http://journals.aol.co.uk/jlo
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Wow, what a beautiful city. I bet you have a ton of lovely pictures. How do you choose just a few to put in your scrapbook? I still have all my pictures from our 5 week adventure earlier this spring, in a bag. Must get them into the album I've made for them. I "Googled" The Mitten Building...it's absolutely beautiful. What a lovely spot for a wedding. Happy scrapbooking....Linda in WA http://journals.aol.com/lsfp1
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Oh you really have me wanting to return to Italy! I wish I could go today. Keep sharing the photos.
Monica
5/20/08 7:38 AM