I was very fortunate to make it to one of Italy's most famous cities, Verona. It is a beautiful small town closer to northern Italy. This city may sound familiar for it is the prominant setting of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The city is literally known as The City of Love.
I was able to see many different monuments in Verona. Such as (above) the love well. The story behind this was that there was a girl living in a house very close and was very picky about who she would fall in love with. So she said that whoever falls down the well really loves me. When one man actually did, she went in after him. Now you are able to make a wish on love and throw in a coin.
Of course the other special place I saw was Juliet's house. It was the actual house, but the balcony was put in around when the 1960's version of Romeo and Juliet was made. This area was booming with tourists and probably looks really familiar from the movie Letters To Juliet. Yes you are able to send letters, but you have to pay to go up the stairs to the balcony and put your letter in a box. There was no way to put it on the wall or stick it in the crack of the stones.
There was also a gate to her house covered in locks. These locks represent people's love and devotion for one another. You bought them inside the tourist shop next to the house and then locked them and threw away the key for everlasting love. There was also a statue of Juliet in the courtyard where people horded around her so that they could rub her right breast for good luck. I was kind of disappointed to say the least of how such a beautiful city turned into such a tourist trap. I am still very very glad I made it there.
Ciao!
Chelsea Lynn
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