Verona & San Remo, Italy

The tour’s 9th day was pretty much all dedicated to driving.

We started out with the usual, early 7:40am departure.

First stop of the day was in the city of Verona: The home of Guilietta – or in the English speaking parts of the world: Juliet from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The city also had an old gladiator arena, which unfortunately was closed when we were there. From there, it was back on the bus for a 6 hour drive.

 Juliet's balcony

 

We are initially heading for Paris, but the drive is quite long, so a ”pit stop” has to be made along the way. The location for this pit stop was San Remo: And old, Italian Riviera town, beautifully located amongst green hills, filled with charming old buildings and beautiful views of the ocean.

The hotel we are staying at is like a piece of the olden days. Things has it’s own, slow tempo, the staff looks like they’ve all been here for the past 100 years. The dust lays thick on the paintings and in the restaurant bottles of Champagne and wine dating more than 50-60 years back covers the walls. It’s really quite charming (the kids thought otherwise though, and called it the Italian version of The Overlook Hotel from The Shinning). 
The evening is going to be spent exploring the city or bathing at the pool. Tomorrow: Monaco!