
From one square to another, almost without realizing it, we arrived at Piazza delle Erbe, and the feeling was immediate: this isn't just a square, it's an open-air stage.
The sun was at just the right point, warm but not excessively so. Nothing here is perfect, and that's a good thing. The walls tell stories through the marks, the crooked balconies, the faded frescoes that still resist. It's that Italian beauty that we don't see anywhere else.
De uma praça para a outra, quase sem darmos por isso, chegamos à Piazza delle Erbe e a sensação foi imediata, isto não é só uma praça, é um palco ao ar livre.
O sol estava no ponto certo, quente mas sem exageros. Nada aqui é perfeito, e ainda bem. As paredes contam histórias através das marcas, das varandas tortas, dos frescos desbotados que ainda resistem. É aquela beleza italiana que não vemos em mais lado nenhum.









Piazza delle Erbe was a market for centuries, and that can still be felt in the air. The stalls are still there, full of colorful fruits, tourist souvenirs, scarves, magnets, useful and useless things, like any good market. The smells of ripe fruit, freshly brewed coffee, and the occasional ice cream being passed around mingles. There's life, there's noise, there's movement, but it's not chaotic either. It's a good noise, and above all, organic.
A Piazza delle Erbe foi mercado durante séculos, e isso ainda se sente no ar. As bancas continuam lá, cheias de frutas coloridas, lembranças turísticas, lenços, ímanes, coisas úteis e inúteis, como qualquer bom mercado. Misturam-se os cheiros de fruta madura, café acabado de tirar, um ou outro gelado que passa na mão de alguém. Há vida, há barulho, há movimento, mas também não é caótico. É um ruído bom e acima de tudo orgânico.








In the center we see the Fontana di Madonna Verona, which seems to observe everything with the calm of someone who has seen far more than we will ever see. Around it, I raise my head – because in Italy people often walk with their heads in the clouds – and there stands the Torre dei Lamberti, reminding us that Verona is also read in terms of height. The surrounding buildings complete the scene with columns, arches, small windows, balconies full of flowers that someone clearly waters with care.
No centro vemos a Fontana di Madonna Verona que parece observar tudo com a calma de quem já viu muito mais do que nós alguma vez veremos. À volta, levanto a cabeça, porque em Itália anda-se muito de cabeça no ar, e lá está a Torre dei Lamberti, a lembrar que Verona também se lê em altura. Os edifícios à volta completam o cenário com colunas, arcos, janelas pequenas, varandas cheias de flores que alguém claramente rega com carinho.








Piazza delle Erbe is not meant to be seen in a hurry, like practically all the places I had the opportunity to visit there; on the contrary, it's one of those places where you realize that traveling isn't just about seeing monuments, it's about standing there enjoying the moment and ensuring you'll remember having been there. Between one shadow and another, a sip of coffee and a mental photograph, I'm left with the feeling that Verona presents itself first like this: open, luminous, and alive.
A Piazza delle Erbe não é para ser ver com pressa, como praticamente todos os locais que tive a oportunidade de visitar por ali, pelo contrário, é um daqueles sítios onde percebes que viajar não é só ver monumentos, é ficar ali parado a curtir o momento e a garantir que te vais lembrar de ter ali estado. Entre uma sombra e outra, um gole de café e uma fotografia mental, fico com a sensação de que Verona se apresenta primeiro assim, aberta, luminosa e viva.








But as the day was drawing to a close, we had to, as we say in Portugal, "stretch our shoes" because very soon this road trip would come to an end and we would have to return to Portugal.
And so I'll leave one last article for the end to present one last stroll through the city center.
Mas como estavam o terminar o dia, tivemos e como dizemos em Portugal, de dar corda ao sapatinho porque dali a muito pouco tempo, esta road trip chegaria ao fim e teríamos de regressar a Portugal.
E desta forma vou deixar para o final um último artigo para apresentar um último passeio pelo centro da cidade.
I hope you enjoyed.
See you around.
Wishing you much peace and health
Those who pass by us do not go alone. They leave a bit of themselves, taking a piece of us."
Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince.

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wow @onyfest this is so good!! reading this made me feel like i was walking right there in piazza delle erbe with you the way you described the sun the market smells and those crooked balconies... chef's kiss
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