The next morning I had to decide what to do, I had a reservation at the hostel for 2 more nights, but I also had a CouchSurfing host for the same nights. Additionally, I couldn't meet up with my CS host until 7-8pm, but the checkout time was 10am. In the end I decided that 25 euros was worth my back, so I left my stuff in the hostel and went out to explore Verona for the day.
It wasn't too far before I was in the old part of the city, and then 15-20 minutes until I reached one of the bridges that crosses the river into the Roman part of the city. I visited the Duomo (cathedral/church), the Arena (small version of the Coliseum), a really cool castle that was also partially a museum, and a walk up these stairs that I thought were leading to the Roman amphitheater but was actually a climb to an overlook of the city.
I took quite a few pictures, so I'll have to upload those sometime.
On the walk back to the hostel I stopped and ate a sandwich, which I think was a panini. When I got back to the hostel I went on the internet and called up Mom, Dad, and Emily.
At around 5:30pm I checked out of the hostel, and not long after I realized why I hate buses. Anyway, I eventually made my way to the train station, and it was surprisingly easy to buy the train ticket (only 3.80 euros!) and there weren't that many people on it so I had plenty of room. It was a double-decker train, so I was on the top part. I took some pictures of that, just for you Dad :P
I got a bit lost on my way to the hosts place, which was over 2 km away. So my shoulders were killing me. But after backtracking a bit I found the right place, and then I met him and another CouchSurfer at a restaurant nearby. We had some food and a drink and talked until about midnight.
After we got back the other CouchSurfer and I had a choice between the bed or a mattress on the floor, we flipped a coin and I lost, so I ended up on the floor. What can you do, eh?
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