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Day Four: Picnic at Lake Garda
Friends in Prague highly recommended that we visit Lake Garda, and now I know why! It has a very Mediterranean vibe to it, even though it is in northern Italy. We are very laid back travelers…we like...
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Day Five: The Unesco World Heritage town of Vicenza
Most people skip this beautiful town as they race around to northern Italy’s bigger attractions such as Venice and Verona. But we were so glad that we didn’t! There were stunning architectural...
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Verona (Day 6): so much MORE than Juliet’s Balcony!
Juliet’s Balcony. Verona’s “claim to fame” for attracting tourists is being the setting of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Now that I’ve experienced Verona for myself, I find it tragic that most...
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Day 7: Opera at the 1st century BC Arena di Verona
Experiencing an opera at the Arena di Verona is a must-do. The Arena is 2000 years old, and still in use! I know from our visit to Lake Garda that 166 Cathars were captured in Sirmione, taken to the...
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San Zeno Cathedral of Verona…a hidden gem
We just got back from our trip to Israel last night…it was an amazing trip. We saw and did so much! I didn’t have a chance yet to go through photos or keep up the blog. I learned from my failed...
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Enchanting Venice
This past summer we spent a week in Italy as part of a three week road trip in Europe. We used Verona as a base to see Lake Garda, Vicenza, and Venice. We had been to Venice in April 2012; but once in...
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2013-2014 Best Year Yet! by Nate
Life is one big adventure! I lived the last three years in Prague with my parents. My dad taught science at an international school. I went to the same school. We got to do a lot of traveling during...
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