维罗纳晒烤第一天 (Hot Verona Day 1)

Scorching hot English translation inline below:

7月30日星期一

维罗纳是一个具有悠久历史的意大利城市，公元前89年维罗纳就成为了罗马帝国的殖民地。之后经过几世纪的战争易主，在1866年的普奥战争中意大利最终战胜奥地利，维罗纳回归意大利王国。这里很像很多其它的欧洲城市一样，有山，有河，有城堡，有很多各种风格的教堂和古建筑，尤其著名的便是维罗纳圆形竞技场，这个罗马式的角斗场是世界上现存的第三大圆形竞技场。

今天的维罗纳最高气温预报是35度，我俩打算修改一下出去游逛的顺序，早上就去老城区，下午最热的时候回民宿休息。9点多出了门已经是很早了，一出门就感受到了热度并且湿度似乎也很高，因为我俩的民宿在山上这边，这边有一个缆索铁路，我俩打算坐缆车下去, 结果缆索铁路还没开始运营呢！不过山上的景色很美，可以俯瞰维罗纳这个不算大的城市。维罗纳也有红砖屋顶，但是颜色和布拉格的并不同，是一种更深沉的瓦棕红色。

Monday, July 30

Verona is an Italian city with a long history. In 89 BC Verona became a colony of the Roman Empire then after several centuries of war and power transfers, the Italians finally defeated Austria in the 1866 Unification War and Verona returned to the Kingdom of Italy. This city is very similar to many other European cities; there are mountains, rivers, castles, churches and ancient buildings of various styles. Especially famous here is the Verona Arena. This Roman-style arena is the third largest amphitheater in the world.

Today’s Verona temperature forecast is 95 degrees, so we intend to modify the order of going out – exploring the old town in the morning then back to the apartment in the hottest part of the afternoon. It’s pretty early to go out at 9am. When we go out, I can already feel the heat, and the humidity seems to be very high. Our AirBnB is in the hills and there is a funicular here and we planned to take the cable car down, but when we arrived, it was not open! The funicular opens at 9:30! However, the scenery on the mountain is beautiful, overlooking Verona, a small city. Verona also has red brick roofs, but the color is different from that of Prague. It is a deeper tile reddish brown and not as stunning.

没有缆车坐，只能步行下山了。其实一出门的时候，我俩闻到了一股煤气的味道，还在猜是不是房主家的煤气有泄漏。走到山下的时候，听到警笛轰鸣，一个出口也被封了，绕到另一个出口，才看到在阿迪杰河边的一条路的煤气管道泄漏，煤气在大量的向外喷涌，很多工作人员正在想办法解决，警察们也在封路引导过往车辆。感觉好危险，希望他们能尽快安全的解决。

Since there was no cable car to ride we walked down the mountain. In fact, when we went out, we smelled the smell of natural gas near our apartment. We guessed that the gas was from the AirBnb and wanted to inform the homoeowner. But as we walked down the mountain, we heard sirens roaring, and the exit to our walkway was blocked. We went around to another exit and from there we saw the gas pipeline on the road along the Adige River spewing gas high into the air. It looked very dangerous and the workers were quickly trying to solve the problem. The police had blocked the roads around and there was huge traffic congestion. I hope they will safely solve it as soon as possible.

snapseed-957 — 这张照片的右下角，佩雅托桥桥的右边，可以看到喷出来的煤气 . In the lower right corner of this photo, on the right side of the Ponte Pietra bridge , you can see the gas leak.

百草广场

下了山过了河，到了百草广场，这个广场可以追溯于罗马帝国时期，现在是一个集市，有卖水果，蔬菜和各种旅游纪念品的小摊。

Plaza Delle Erbe (Square)

We made our way down the mountain and crossed the river to the Square which can be traced back to the Roman Empire. It is now a market with stalls selling fruits, vegetables and various tourist souvenirs.

snapseed-960 — 百草广场上最古老的建筑－维罗纳圣母雕塑喷泉 . The oldest structure on the Plaza – the fountain of the Virgin of Verona

朱丽叶阳台

离百草广场不远就是朱丽叶阳台。是的，就是莎翁笔下的罗密欧和朱丽叶约会的阳台。当然这是纯粹为游客而设的景点，但是维罗纳可以这么做，因为罗密欧和朱丽叶的故事背景就被设置在这里。虽然是一个根本不曾存在的阳台，这里还是吸引了众多来维罗纳的游客，而且据说摸一摸院内朱丽叶雕塑的胸，就会给你的爱情带来好运，所以可想而知，她的胸部被多少人抚摸过，当然我俩也凑了个热闹 😄😂

Juliet balcony

Not far from the Plaza Della Erbe is the Juliet balcony. Yes, it is the balcony from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet romance. Of course this is a purely a tourist attraction, but Verona can do this because the story background of Romeo and Juliet is set here. Although the balcony that never really existed here, it attracts many visitors to Verona, and it is said that touching the breast of Juliet sculpture in the courtyard will bring good luck to your love. You can tell that many people here have touched the chest, and of course, we also will. 😄😂

进入院子的大门，两侧有很多游客的爱情留言 . Entering the gate of the yard, there are many tourists’ love messages on both sides

墙上的爱情留言和爱情锁 . Love messages and love locks on the wall

二楼的阳台就是那个阳台，进院子参观免费，上二楼要6欧元，进入阳台拍照片要3欧元。我俩是没浪费那个钱 😂 . The balcony is on the second floor. It is free to visit the yard but it costs 6 euros to go to the 2nd floor and 3 more euros to be on the balcony. We didn’t waste the money. 😂

一面墙都是爱情锁 . One wall is full of love locks

某个人的不雅行为😂 Somebody needs to remember the hashtag #MeToo 😂

维罗纳圆形竞技场

这个竞技场建于公元一世纪，1117年的大地震几乎完全摧毁了竞技场的外环。今天这里仍然被用作剧场使用, 并且每年都举办大型歌剧表演。我俩去的时候，这里正在准备一个舞台，应该是关于埃及的剧演，因为看到很多埃及主题的大型舞台道具。

Verona Arena

The Verona arena was built in the first century AD, but an earthquake in 1117 almost completely destroyed the outer ring of the arena. Today it is still used as a theater, and large-scale opera performances are held every year. When we went there, they were preparing the stage here, probably for some Egyptian drama, because we saw many large-scale stage props of the Egyptian theme.

snapseed-976 — 场外的舞台道具 Off-site stage props

从竞技场上面看下面的广场 A view of the area around the arena

竞技场外观 The virew from of the Arena from the square.

在寻找午餐地点的时候，我俩路过了横跨阿迪杰河，维罗纳最古老的桥－佩雅托桥。该桥是一座罗马拱桥，建于公元前100年。

While looking for a lunch spot, we crossed the Adige River on the oldest bridge in Verona, known as the Ponte Pietra. The bridge is a Roman brick arch bridge built in 100 BC.

午餐的小餐厅就在佩雅托桥旁边，虽然食物很一般，但是可以坐在阴凉处休息一下，可以看到我俩民宿所在的小山头和上坡上的教堂和建筑。

The small lunch restaurant is next to Ponte Pietra. Although the food is average, you can sit in the shade and take a break to see the hills and the churches and buildings on the hill slopes.

除了美景，还有小鸟的陪伴 😀 . In addition to the beauty, there is also the company of a small bird 😀

吃了午饭也是已经下午2两点了，按照计划，下午逃避晒烤，回民宿休息。

After eating lunch, it was already 2 in the afternoon. And according to our plan, we hid from the sun in the afternoon and returned to the apartment for a rest.