Bangkok 3 October

All good things come to an end and after Verona we flew to Bangkok via Milan and London.  We only have one night here, so some time for shopping and some lovely Thai food.  

Favourite Shopping area.

                                                                        Beautiful fruit

Yummy seafood curry.

Day trips toVenice and Vicenza

From Verona we also visited two other ‘V’s, Venice and Vincenza

                                              The Grand Canal, Venice.

                                             Enjoying a gondola ride.

 

                                  The magnificent Teatro Olympico, designed by Andrea Palladio in 1580.

Verona Again                                            

Juliet's tomb.

A radio display at the Museo della Radio d'Epoca.

The Roman ampitheatre at the Teatro Romano e Museo Archelogico.

View over Verona from the Roman Theatre.

View from the Archaeological Museum.

Bill looking through Ancient Roman arcades.

A few of the millions of lovely windows, doors and balconies in Verona.

More of Verona      

The cloisters of San Zeno Maggiore.

Inside San Zeno Maggiore.

A street scene.

On Juliet's balcony.

Also on the balcony.

Bill on "the balcony".

View over Verona.

  Church of St Anastasia Holy Water stoup.

  Church of St Anastasia floor.

Italian singers singing English songs at a street festival.

Verona         25th September - 2nd October

The Verona apartment we stayed in with Debbie and Dan for a week.  A beautiful place in a terrific position near the  castle.  Verona was a fantastic place for a weeks stay - could have stayed longer.

Bill relaxes inside our apartment.

Castelvecchio, built by Cangrande II in 1355, contains a wonderful art gallery.

Sculpture in the  art gallery in the castle.

                                                 

    One the the many paintings of  Madonna and Child in the art gallery.

Bill by the 1368  fountain with the Madonna of Verona, in the Piazza Erbe.

Piazza Erbe,Verona's medieval herb market.

Chiesta di San Fermo Maggiore.

The Arena, a Roman Amphitheatre built in AD30.

Dan and Debbie enjoy a joke at the railway station.

Mantova      

Mantova (Mantua) Market place

Hundreds of mushrooms exhibited in the market building by the Associazione Micologica.

Piazza Erbe, the medieval herb market place, with the town hall. The Rotonda di San Lorenzo is on the right.

Inside the Rotonda di San Lorenzo.

Zodiac and planet clock on the tower of the town hall, in the Piazza Erbe.

Arcades line the streets of Mantova.

There is a very interesting museum in the Palazzo Ducale.

A Medieval prisoner's cage hangs from this tower..

A small river, Rio Sottoriva, runs through the town.

Last leg of cycling from Lake Garda to Mantova            

Borghetto on the Mincio River.

Fifteenth century Ponte Visconteo, over the Fiume Minco at Borghetto.

We had coffee at the cafe over the river.

Enjoying a delicious garden lunch at a Pozzolo restaurant.

A palace in the ancient forest, Bosco della Fontana.

Sadly we have finished our wonderful ride at Mantova.  It was such a beautiful route, with lots of superb sights, delicious food and, after our first day, it was perfect riding conditions.