Italy Fermata 03: Verona
news of the queues from Verona
Queue #5 Start with the house of the Capulets. Queue up for Juliet’s statue, where legend says, the rubbing of the right breast can bring back amor to your vita. Get there early though, because lots of people need this, so the queue for some bronze boob groping can stretch over two blocks.
Queue #4 Verona has its own colosseum. It’s authentic, it’s old, it’s real. Also, It’s cute. Third largest in Italy, but it looks like a mini-colloseum. Instead of queuing up to see it, you think you could put it in your suitcase (if you have that extender zip). It’s cute but pricey.
Queue #3 A charming view of Verona? Get yourself to the Castel San Pietro. But don’t walk, queue up for the funicular - the automated see through box that squishes you in with 30 other sweaty tourists (plus their babies) and crawls its way to the top of the hill where the castle sits and you can enjoy the gaze upon the mini-majestic town.
Queue #2 @labottegadellagina - fresh tortellini (and variants), seasonal fillings, multicoloured dough and made in front of you with some oil and placed in a simple paper bowl. The taste is anything but basic.
Queue #1: The queue you really want to stand in is only found late at night, across the river from the centre, in between the open air student bars, in front a yellow/brown neon sign. You shout your order through a break in the wall. You have limited time to choose between a chocolate and/or white chocolate and/or cream and/or pistachio and/or hazelnut and/or…you can even have a savoury one (with speck!). But pick however many small hole-less donuts (or the grossos!) you want and collet them through the small hole in the plexiglass. A couple of minutes later, your fingers will be sticky with the sugar, your lips smeared with whatever flavour you picked, your mouth will be stuffed with that soft dough, and your soul will be climbing higher than Juliet’s balcony. The @bottegadelkrapfen only opens at 10pm during the summer, but is open till sunrise. That is a taste of Verona.