Well.....

So, we left for Verona. No problem. We decided to stop on our way in the town of Bolzano to see the museum where that snow/caveman dude was found in like 1991 in the Dolomites. Well, not so good to drive into an Italian city! We went around and around dodging people, cars, bikes, etc. really crazy! We never could find the TI (tourist information) or the museum. After we went down a "do not enter street" and were stopped by the police, we decided to give up and leave. The policeman was nice, no ticket or anything, but it was frustrating to not be able to go where we wanted. Finally, we got back on the highway, felt much better. A few miles down the road we see a van on the side with writing running across the top of it, then we notice picture of an accident and realize traffic is stopped. Here we sit now, the freeway totally closed and everyone out of their vehicles smoking, talking, etc. Met a nice older German man behind us. Obviously, they know it is going to be a long wait!




In the city of Bolzano we noticed cars parked up on the side, off the road where pedestrians would normally walk, also some streets would have cars parked down the center of the street with cars going either direction on each side. Crazy!
I think we have decided that when we get to Verona we will take trains to visit other cities, rather than drive. The highway seems ok, just don't want to deal with cities.

Well, no accident to report, don't know what that was all about that held us up an hour, but back on the road to get lost in Verona trying to find our B&B. That probably took us another hour. Finally, we found it! What a relief, until we found this!



Yep, no one home and a locked gate. After waiting for an hour we finally decided to try to find someone to call for us since we don't have a phone. Monte found a convent and a nun who spoke no English but he was able to sign language for her to call. Got a hold of our host who didn't speak English and he handed the phone to his wife who did. So, they say they'll be here in 20 min. You hear people say almost everyone speaks English..NOT!

Not the day we would have planned, but we are here safely, and we have a place to lay our head, something we were not sure of a few minutes ago!

Well, Marco finally showed up! Really nice guy, so nice we let him off the hook! He showed us all around and where to park to walk into the old town of Verona. Unfortunately, Paige did end up getting sick today ( we blame the guy on the plane) so by the time we got there, Paige was too sick to feel like going into the city. Marco took us to a pharmacy to get her some medication. Hopefully tomorrow she will feel more like exploring.

This is a picture of Paige while Marco was showing us where to park. She put on a good face even though she was too sick to anything but sleep after this photo. So sad for her, Verona was her highlight of this whole trip. Hopefully, she 'll feel better tomorrow.




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Location:On the highway/Verona