Public buses...

Don't always run where they say they will. Yesterday we took a bus to the train station (we wanted to avoid the half hour trek up the hill to the monastery) and ended up spending two hours wandering through various dark streets\alleys before we got home. Nonetheless, the odyssey was worth it: I saw yet more of Verona. That afternoon we wandered through the less-traveled streets, finding all kinds of cute jewelry shops and clothing boutiques. I returned home weighted down with jewelry and dusty from the road, which I guess isn't a bad way to return.