Mes Rêves #19

#19: Tour a Castle ✓

I went to Verona because Amanda Seyfried went to Verona in Letters to Juliet and fell in love with a British guy.

I did not. Fall in love with a British guy. Because I couldn't find any*. I did go to Verona, though.

When I got there, I realized I had no idea what I was supposed to do besides visit Juliet's house. Lucky for me, there is a scene in Letters to Juliet where Sophie lists all the things she wants to do in Verona. So I copied her list and set off on my day's adventure. First up - Castelvecchio!

Castelvecchio, as the name implies, is a castle, which you are allowed to tour. In my head this meant I was going to be able to run around some castle ruins with little to no supervision and maybe find a treasure. However, it turns out that Italy doesn't just let you run around their old castles.

Even worse, they decided to turn Castelvecchio into an art museum. I tried really hard to pretend like I cared about the art, but I didn't. I mean, the entire first floor was dedicated to medieval art. "Ahh, the lack of a foot must symbolize the fact that this boy has no place to call home because he is always chasing unrealistic dreams. The man with no arms talking to the horse must represent those unrealistic dreams."

But after 20 minutes of pretending like I understood art I got to the collection of unfinished medieval art. As I sat there looking at all that was left of a wall mural all I could think was, "Who cares about this splash of red paint on the wall? What am I supposed to get out of this?"

So I stopped pretending to care and just started trying to not look at the art without anyone noticing I wasn't paying attention to any of the art.

I was pretty disappointed. I came to tour a castle, but all I got to see of that castle were white washed walls and bad art. I finally finished that first floor, though, and made it outside where I ran into a giant bell. I've been a fan of giant bells ever since I saw the Liberty Bell for the first time.

Then I went to the second floor where I saw more bells.

 

I mean, how many bells does one castle need? This just seems a bit excessive. And why is there more art up here? Why can't I tour the cool underground part of this castle?

Seriously, why is that not a part of the tour?

Anyway, I had almost given up on all hope of having fun on this castle tour when I came to the roof of the castle. There was a sign warning visitors to continue at their own risk, which is almost the same thing as a "Something Awesome is Ahead" sign.

The roof was so cool. There were beautiful views of Verona, plus it looked just like I thought a castle should.

And then they made me go look at more art... ugh.

In conclusion, even though the inside of the castle was beyond boring, the outside was pretty cool. Plus I got to check off another goal from my list, so it was worth it.

*This is a lie. The guy staying at the room next to mine had a British accent, but I didn't find this out until the day I left so there was no time for an adventure across Italy together. Unfortunately.