Love at First Sight, A Flirt on The High-Speed Train to Verona
Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Love & Hearts”
A train, love and a flirt.
On a high-speed train headed to Verona, love is in the air. Two charming Italian guys flirt with the two American girls seated across from us.
Oh, a show before dinner! Neither girl speaks Italian.
“Honey, please end their misery.”
The tourists need a translator and my Romeo goes to their rescue.
Many watch the scene unfolding—he lifts her hand to his lips and softly speaks to her.
“What did he say?”
“I am utterly captivated by you.”
In Shakespeare’s fair Verona, they stepped off the train. Where Romeo and Juliet’s love story is set, and love is celebrated daily.
Will they wander the 13th-century medieval, cobblestoned streets to Juliet’s House on Via Cappello? And in her courtyard, leave a love note, love lock, or mail a love letter?
Every year, volunteer secretaries answer approximately 6,000 letters addressed to Juliet, Verona.
Happy, sad, lost, unrequited love…
what they all need most is someone who listens, like a friend.
— Juliet’s…
