Getting around town :)

Today I will talk about transportation. Lucky for me our formal lectures are held in our hotel so I don’t need transportation to get there. My professor holds lectures in one of the hotel conference rooms. For our site visits to family businesses sites we always go by private bus. Usually the bus picks us up in front of the hotel and drives us to and from our exact destination.

In regards to general transportation, the center of Verona is accessed by bus only. In order to make longer commutes to other cities, like my day trips to Milan and Venice, one can take the public transit bus to the train station. Other than that, we can either walk 20-30 minutes or use the bus to get to the heart of Verona. The pros of the bus is that there is a stop right outside of our hotel and many different stops in the city as well. The con about the bus is that it comes every 15 min, and after 8 pm it comes every half hour. It is hard to adjust to this when I am used to the MBTA in Boston coming every 5 min. Also, I had to find out the hard way, that the bus to the residence doesn’t run on Sundays at all and the stop that does have service is a 5-10 minute walk from the hotel. It isn’t a bad walk at all, but I am not particularly good with directions, so this is somewhat of an issue for me. Taxis are also an option as well, but they are quite expensive unless you split it with others.