My journey through Italy on the 7th and 8th of June, 2003.
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How we arrived from France into Italy. We stayed in Verona and then drove along the western side of Lake Garda and then into Austria.
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Shooting down an Italian highway at 140kph without the aid of road lines! (Oh yeah, and taking a picture at the same time)
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Our sweet hotel room in Verona.
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This is in "old" Verona. It is an old Roman collesium that is still used today for concerts.
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The old city gate.
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It's hard to see, but this is Juliets balcony. "Romeo and Juliet" took place in Verona.
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Castle Vechhio in Verona.
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Lake Garda, just NW of Verona. It is the largest lake in Italy.
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Castle in Sirmione peninsula along Lake Garda.
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Near the castle there was an old Roman villa built in the 1st century BC. It was close the day we were there!
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A house on top of a cliff along the highway that goes around Lake Garda.
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View across Lake Garda.
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That's me.
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Mike.
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View from an old abondend highway along Garda.
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Getting close to Austria.
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Austrian - Italian border.
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