On to Verona for the Operas

Moving on to Verona, it was about a 2-hour drive. As I’ve written before, I’m not crazy about Airbnb’s but hotels are hard to find near the plazas. So, we got an Airbnb overlooking the Plaza Erbe. This is a fun plaza; we have walked on it often during our trips to Verona.

We’ve been to the opera in Verona several times now. The opera is held in the Verona Arena, built about the same time as the colosseum in Rome. The operas are fun and spectacular.

The 1^st opera to see was The Barber of Sevilla. We saw this opera in Prague and knew that it would likely be fun. It didn’t disappoint!

We’d been moved from the seats we’d purchased; the opera had informed us that due to the G-7 our seats were upgraded. We suspected that the G-7 members would be at the opera, and we were not wrong. We looked for Trudeau but did not see him. We probably didn’t look close enough anyway as it wasn’t that important.

Dieter and Inge left us to return home so we were on our own after the 1^st day. We walked around the plaza, got food, coffee, and a few things we’d been on the lookout for. We left early for the Plaza Bra where the arena is located so we could have dinner and wine.

The 2^nd opera was Carmen. Carmen was good but it didn’t hold our interest. A guy in front of us kept checking his WhatsApp and taking photos. One singer was difficult to hear so we missed all of that. The opera was also filled with dancing when the acts were changing, which was fine, but we grew tired of it. But we’d wanted to see Carmen for years so now we have seen it.

It was time to move on.