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After requesting a few photographs with the car to show the team, we were soon off, to the fair town of VERONA! I remember, Eduardo outside the camping telling me to punch him. So I asked him to tighten his stomach muscles, and when I punched him full force – he exclaimed that he had not expected that from a small little girl – I smiled at myself, and thought, hey, perhaps I haven't lost touch of my karate skills. Today, we planned to do the town of Verona, as well as Padova. We arrived shortly in the town of Verona, and quickly looked for a tourist information spot. There we were given maps, and directed to various places to visit. We first passed a large Roman amphitheatre, and based on my past experience, as soon as we passed a souvenir shop, I quickly bought a magnet and a few postcards. We decided not to go with the crowds into the amphitheatre, but continued along the streets of Verona towards the Balcony of Juliet. Along the way, you can see that Verona has become a popular tourist destination, by the amount of curio shops, vendors, street artists and tourist buses. A street artists that caught my attention was a man, who held another man on three balls – one on top of the other; another man sat on a slim pole – held by another; and another artist who painted his face and entertained crowds behind a cradle, dressed as a baby. Yes, I separated from the group in these crowds and what I liked about this group, was that when one member was missing, they stopped walking, and looked around for the person – holding their hands up for the missing person to see. This came across to me as a very team spirited action. Finally we reached Juliet's Balcony, and it was surrounded by hundreds of tourists. We walked around, as I did some souvenir shopping, posed for a few photographs, looked at the graffiti on a nearby wall, left by the millions of tourists, before deciding to move on. Outside, you would also notice shops with names with "Julietto". We then proceeded to walk along the streets of Verona, passing many churches and architectural monuments along the way, posing for photographs, before deciding to stop at an Italian pizza house for pizza. We were initially enticed by the sign pizza – 5 euros, but we soon found out that to sit down, we needed to pay an additional 5 euros surcharge – and we were caught in a dilemma, when Artur mentioned that the Italian manager's attention was diverted, we quickly slipped out of the restaurant to another place. Yes these Italian restaurant owners, can be quite aggressive, as I discovered in Rome. There we had a quick bite and some ice cream, before moving onto Teatro Romano. This was positioned on quite a high spot, so we needed to walk along many steps to the top of a little hill. From here, we could appreciate breathtaking views of Verona. I think that the cutest photograph was the one with Artur holding a red poppy. We then proceeded to a castle and some of its ruins, took some lovely photographs there, and when the guys climbed to a higher level on the bridge, I gallantly prompted them to do a jumping photograph – which they quickly declined (thank goodness). Yes, Verona was quite a beautiful little town, which really captured the essence of the fairytale Romeo and Juliet, and I took a few last minute photographs of signs such as Shakespeare avenue, as we left the little town.

Rizwana

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Travel tip: For your flight to Cape Town be sure to get a window seat (on starboard side in summer, on port in winter - if you want to see Table Mountain), as these views are solid gold.