Verona

As last many of you know, although Shakespeare never set foot in Ital he really put Verona on the map. We stood below the Capulet's balcony, next to the other tourists, saw the love messages left by thousands, and walked the same steps as Dante.

Last night we had dinner with Craig and John, good friends from Seattle. They happened to be here the same night. We'd barely arrived after riding, surrendering our bikes, visiting a Palladian villa with great frescoes and the a winery to taste the local Soave wine. We really enjoyed eating what we wanted, not wshat the group got. The days start out cold, the warm up. We are at about 45 degrees north, so think about Corvallis for weather. It is still fall here. We have the rest of today off and then our farewell group dinner. Peggy and I are working on a song for that.

Tomorrow we take the train to Venice and fly to Croatia via Rome.

Anne