Oh yeah, we went to the movies one night. To see a movie about the mafia that was seriously disturbing.
Me and Erin, outside the Accademia. Before we saw David and his uncircumsized (wrong!) penis.
This is the real David (with uncircumsized penis). Had to turn the flash off and sneak it.
Nadia and me, on the lake ride. This was sometime after I picked a flower and angrily ripped off all the petals. A psychological reason?
Lotus flowers. In Asia, they eat them. Supposedly, according to nono, they smell like Geishas.
A swan for you, a swan for me.
Pooped (and oblivious)
Stefano flirts. Pre-orange pants. Maybe this is why he was ultimately unlucky with our cute tour guide.
The audience of the opera. Or, 1/100 of it. Lots of sweaty Italians right there.
By a fountain after the show. TOo bad we're blocking it.
Stefano's neon orange pants. I must get me some of those.
Mantova's.... church? I don't even freakin' know.
Later that day. The lake-boat ride through the lotus flowers, guided by our private Italian nono.
The scenery before the opera started. It got pitch black within 45 min after this.
Trying to be.... scary? First we stuck our tongues out, which was much more attractive. She deleted that one.
Somewhere in act 2...
Somewhere in act 2...
Probably act 3 by now. I really had no idea what was flying, so I couldn't tell you. I forgot my binoculars (again). Fuck!
The one eyed-wink is the newest sex appeal
Las chicas, prima dell'opera
Io con le ragazze. Siamo bellissimi :-)
Before going into the amphitheater.
Elinor and Cait in the theater, before the opera. The place is HUGE and was packed, it can fit upto 20,000.
Verona from the water.
The wall of love notes and graffiti
Molesting Juliet
A statue of a man on a horse? The whole time in Verona, after free time we always met by him.
Kacie gets excited (but not intoxicated) before the Aida
Look, it's the Pieta !
Roberto, about to break into an opera performance
Verona's main square. Romeo's mama and papa are right there on the right. See?
Dante was sexy - ain't nothin' wrong with that.
Io amo l'Italia tantissimoI love Italy. Seriously, it's really pretty sweet here I made the right decision to come. We went to Verona yesterday morning, the bus ride was around 3 hours long. So at the rest stop I got water, and of course I didn't pay attention (for the THIRD time) and got SPARKLING water. This stuff tastes like absolute shit. Why ruin water by carbonating it? The label here for 'frizzante' (sparkling) is tiny sometimes, and you don't realize whta you're buying because there's no bubbles until it's opened. I'm a fool. Anyhow, I drank the seltzer and gagged, but I drank it just to get my euro fifty's worth.
Saw the town center, and Juliet's house (Yeah Kristen, I saw it!!!!). So the story is fake, but people like to believe it actually happened and there's a statue of her. Supposedly if a man rubs her tit and a woman touches her arm, they get lucky in issues of love. Um, ok. Still fun (picture below). There was also a wall with people who write their names and couples and stuff, to fall in love (also below). After going around the town more and eating (of course), we checked into the hotel, bla bla, changed, and went to an opera. The show was held outside in a like, one million year old amphitheater (exaggerate much?), at night. Started at 9:15 and ended at 1:30AM.... freakin long, and I'd be lying if I said I was awake the entire time. Still, it was really amazing. The costumes, the voices. And the gelato afterward. The opera we saw, btw, was Aida by Giuseppe Verdi. I recognized some of the music in it, from when I had downloaded classical music to study orgo with. Hehe, good times!
Today we did Mantova (Mantua, home of banished Romeo, Kristen!). I actually remember very little from today, mainly because I was hungry/sweating the entire time and up til 2 the night before. There were lots of palaces, gardens, and churches. That's all I got for you, peeps (pics below). Oh! We went on a boat tour in this marsh near Mantova with loads of lotus flowers and lily pads and all that good shit. Pretty nice! Plus the guide was a tiny 1000 year old Italian grandpa who I wanted to pack up and bring home. For realz. Check him out below, he is amazing (what was his name?). Then we went to some Palace which pretty much everyone dozed off at because we wanted to go the fuck home (sweat+hunger+tiredness = bad combination. Who would've thought?!). And now I'm here! In my room! The internet connection in it finally works! And I'm writing to you!
Ciao
David
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