Fossils and other interesting stone surfaces in Verona

There are some beautiful ammonites in the stone in the streets of Verona as well as the Arena.  There are probably other fossils as well but my knowledge of fossils is limited.  We have taken many photos of interesting surfaces and will sort through them and post them soon.  These photos are just from Verona. 

If you are interested in fossils, the Natural History Museum/Museo di Storia Naturale in Verona is worth a visit.  We spent many hours there a few years ago and it has a huge collection of fossil specimens from Bolca

You can see the size of the fossil from the cigarette butt in the right corner

Verona

 It was going to be a rainy day in Venice yesterday so we headed off to Verona by train.  Sarah wanted to see Verona and it was easy to wander around in the cool weather. We went to some of the usual tourist spots including the Arena, la Casa di Giulietta and Piazza delle Erbe.
Some of my favourite things about Verona are the ammonites in the beautiful pink marble.  There are heaps in the streets and the seating in the Arena.  I couldn't climb many steps in the Arena this time because  I had a sore knee but Jules and Rob took some photos for me.

I haven't added Jules' best photos because someone as already uploaded one of his photos from another program and claimed it as their own.

Last time we came there were just locks everywhere and names written on the walls.  Now people are declaring their undying love by also sticking blobs of chewing gum all over the place and writing on it - yuck!

If this screen hadn't been covered in crap, if you wanted to you could watch the screen and listen to a commentary about the place.

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These people were writing their names on the audio piece

Rob walking through Piazza delle Erbe

The Venice Lion

Piazza delle Erbe -more of a tourist souvenir market than a herb and vegetable market

This little dog was patiently waiting for a treat

Scarves for sale everywhere

It wasn't too cold for Jules to have gelato

The Arena is pretty spectacular

We weren't able to walk around much in the tunnels or go out in to the centre of the arena as there are major works going on with the ground in the centre

Today there is really high aqua alta  -about 1.4 or 1.5 metres, it is a public holiday (All Saints day -Ognissanti) and it is going to rain, a good day to stay inside. People going past our apartment have high wading boots, I think that our high wellies would fill up with water.

This afternoon we're going to visit the family in Mestre, the water should have gone down a lot by then. If not we'll be swimming :)