Laowai

As I mentioned, Verona was the first stop when Brian and I went on our honeymoon 17 years ago. I remember feeling nervous about everything and while I enjoyed myself I was not very relaxed. It was my first big travel outside of North America. This time we had two hangers-on (Bea and Claire) and everything felt different. We still spend our vacation time walking all day long but this time I felt more relaxed. I have some other European cities to compare now and so I know that Verona is an especially pretty city. When we were there 17 years ago it was almost the same time of year. I remember lots of beautiful roses. Of course the purpose of our trip this time was to see the Giro d’Italia. The night before the race we walked around the center of town. It was buzzing and everything was lit up pink! Pink because the leader jersey for the race is the pink jersey (maglia rosa). The atmosphere the morning of the race was super fun too. The girls loaded up on free trinkets and then we watched some of the time trial. Brian amazes me when he names most of the riders going by. We had to leave before the end of the race in order to get home in time but it was still a great time.

So here are a bunch of photos. I’m looking forward to getting out the photo album from our honeymoon when I go to our house this summer. It will be fun to compare the old and new photos.