ROAD-TRIP I - ITALY

29. July – 31. July 2011

My sister Christiane, her friend Karina and me left Munich Friday night for a 16-day road-trip through Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Austria and a short stop in Slovakia.

The start was a little rough. Traffic in Munich was chaotic and we had to chance the rented car before leaving the city later than planned. Luckily, everything worked out great from there. Unexpectedly, the Autobahn was empty and driving was easygoing. We decided that our first stop would be Italy's lake Garda where we arrived and set up our tent at 11pm. After a bottle of wine at the lake it was time to sleep. The next morning we drove directly to Verona. Spontaneously we decided to spent the night there and watch the opera Aida in the famous Arena, an roman amphitheater, built almost 2000 years ago. Verona is a very beautiful historical city with lots of old houses with nice balconies.

The afternoon was spend walking around town, visiting Romeo's and Juliette's balconies and eating our first ice cream of this trip. After refreshing in the hostel we were ready for the opera. The old building and the stage setting were very beautiful. The opera was good but since we didn't understand anything we left after three of four sets.

The next morning we were on our way to Venice. We parked outside the city and took the ferry to the center. The city is beautiful and different than other cities. But still, I didn't like it very much. There are just way too many tourists to enjoy it. After walking around for a few hours, we left to continue our road-trip and leave towards Slovenia.

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