Advantages: Beautiful City, lots to see & do Disadvantages: None
Walking around Verona in early June, there was a smell all over the city, not the smell of decaying rubbish as I experienced in my work trip to Naples, but the sweet smell of tree blossom, and Jasmine, even my hotel had Jasmine growing under the window!
I never really took to Shakespeare, at school I was more into war stories, and adventures, but Verona forever has the association with Romeo & Juliette, as you walk around the city, you will see plaques embedded in various walls with Shakespearean quotes.
*** Where is it? ***
Verona is in the Central Northern part of Italy
Built on a tight bend in the river Adige, it was easy to defend, as the water provided a natural barrier, also it was a natural crossing point. City walls were constructed to defend the rest of the city. The Romans had a major city here, complete ...
lazza123 22.07.2008
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Advantages: A beautiful city with lots to offer Disadvantages: Italy itself can be a little expensive
During my recent holiday to Italy Verona was one of the cities that I visited. Verona is a city in Northern Italy not far from Lake Garda. Due to its geographical position the city has frequently flooded in the past and as you travel round the city this can be noted by water markings on bridges and walls. Verona was also the town that Julius Caesar visited for his relaxing stays and features strongly in the travel diaries of Goethe. Furthermore Verona is also the town were Dante wrote the second part of his 'Divine Comedy'. Despite all of this however Verona is probably most famous for being the setting for William Shakespeare's most famous tragedy, Romeo and Juliet.
So what can you do in Verona?
Verona due to its historical heritage has a great many tourist attractions that draw in the crowds. These attractions include The Arena ...
MI9to5 08.10.2008
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Advantages: Quick, unique, nutritonal, made to personal preference Disadvantages: err. I miss the box with the dragon on
ReadyBrek is one of those uniquie brands on the market, different to anything else. You've got your quaker oats, and your mornflake and your Scottish oats, and then there's this, which is porridge in a league of its own.
ReadyBrek is manufacutered by Weetabix, makers of, well, 'Weetabix' (obviously), Alpen, Weeto's, and oatabix. Weetabix is a well respected manufactuer in the cereal market and reknown for it's health and nuritional products. Actually, I've read on Wiki (so this may not be totally accurate) that Readybrek was orignally produced by Lyons and Co (makers of the syrups) from arounds the 1960's until 1990, when weetabix took over. I have ever only known it as Weetabix, since I was born in 1990!
ReadyBrek is marketed at children and is suitable for babies and toddlers (well, anyone in fact! I still love it 19 years on ...
The Veronesi (and Italians in general; Brek is part of a northern Italian restaurant chain) are forever dismissing this place as a mediocre tourist spot. But then who are all these Italian-speaking, local-looking patrons with their trays piled high, cutting in front of me in line at the pizza station and clamoring for all the best tables outside with a brilliant view of the sun-kissed Arena? This strip of the Piazza Brà is lined with pleasant alfresco alternatives such as the more serious Olivo and Tre Corone, but Brek is an informal, inexpensive preference of mine for a casual lunch where you can splurge (a lot) and walk away satisfied and solvent. Yes, this is fast-food alla Veronese -- but do the Italians ever really go wrong in the culinary department? Inside it's a food fest, with various pastas and fresh vegetables made up as you wait, and some self-service where fruit salads and mixed green salads are displayed.
