The weather was looking up this morning in Verona. There were quite a few vans in the aire including one from Germany which was the first foreign van we had seen since we were in Calabria.

We took a walk into town past the Castelvecchio.

We soon arrived in the main square - Piazza Bra.

The Roman Arena is here.

We went inside. It is in a remarkably good state of preservation after 2000 years and can seat 20,000 people.

You get some great views of the city from the top tier.

Stadium construction design doesn't change much over the millennia - under the stand it is not dissimilar to Old Trafford Manchester but minus the overpriced meat pie outlets!

We moved on to another Piazza.

This square is bordered on one side by the Pallazzo del Regione - County Hall ?

Through an arch is the Palazzo del Capitano.

Nearby are the very fancy tombs of the former lords of Verona. None of them seems to have lasted for very long as they were prone to poisoning or stabbing each other to gain ascendancy. They gave themselves nicknames such as Congande (Big Dog died 1329) and Consignorio (Top Dog died 1375).

 We wandered down to the bank of the River Adige which runs through the City.

Nearby we found the restaurant Alcova del Frate which had been recommended to us by Andreas a man we met at the aire the night before. We had lunch - Ann had cheese and Taramisu. I had scallops and spaghetti with sardines, capers, tomato and pine nuts. Really nice, the first meal out on this journey so far.

Close to the restaurant is the Roman Bridge Ponta Pietra.

Also close by is Verona Cathedral - the Duomo.

Around the Cathedral are the remains of several earlier churches - some with ancient frescos.

We walked along the banks of the Adige to Arce di Gave - a Roman triumphal arch.

From here we had a great view of Ponto Scaligero. This bridge was blown up by the Germans in 1945 after the Italians had changed sides. Subsequently the remains of the bridge were recovered from the bottom of the Adige and put back together!

We had a look inside the courtyard of Castelvacchio which we had passed on the way into town

Then we packed up and left Verona moving just a few kilometres west to Peschiera del Gardo on the southern shore of Lake Garda where we are staying tonight on another very posh aire.