Great city view over Verona - Castel San Pietro

The Castel San Pietro is situated on a hill in the north-west of Verona. It towers directly above the Teatro Romano di Verona, which is a half open amphitheater that is still used to stage theatrical performances. 

on the right: Castel San Pietro Hill

Getting there is rather easy. When coming from the city centre, cross the Ponte Pietra (Pietra Bridge), cross the little street on the other side and you will find the foot of the stairs that will lead you up the hill. I have to admit, it is quite the hike and there are a loooot of steps. The italian sun doesn't help either and it can get a little bit exhausting. So in case you aren't sporty Spice, just take it easy ;) I can usually deal with a lot of steps, but the sun just wore me down this time! 

Ponte Pietra

Once we arrived at the Castel on top of the hill, it was all worth it. We had the most beautiful view over the whole city. And if you time your visit right, I suggest you go for the golden hour when the buildings and the river are lit on fire by the evening sun. 

It's not only tourists who enjoy the scenic view from up here, but also locals who sit down with a couple of friends and open a bottle of wine and chat. It was a really nice atmosphere sitting up here enjoying this thing we call life ;)

Also it is a very romantic spot, wink, wink ;)

Attached to the Castel is a rather fancy restaurant with Bar. We wanted to stay for the sunset, but didn't have anything with us to drink. Not even a bottle of water, so we decided to make a nice evening even nicer and have a drink or two at the TeodoricoRe Restaurant. We sat on their terrasse overlooking the northern part of the city and enjoyed the beautiful evening.

It was the PERFECT spot to watch the sunset, it was plain gorgeous! I had never seen a sunset as colourful and bright orange-red before! My boyfriend and I swore, that when we come back to Verona someday, we will have the most scenic dinner date ever up on the Castel San Pietro Hill.

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STAR WARS Identities Exhibit in MUNICH

Yesterday my boyfriend and I finally visited the Stars Wars Identities Exhibit that is currently being hosted in the Kleine Olympiahalle (small Olympia hall) in Munich. We are both major Star Wars fans and I've been meaning to visit the exhibition ever since it arrived here in Munich in May (2016) but we just never had the time. So I was more than thrilled that we finally got to visit this epic Star Wars universe. 

Once we got inside, we were each given a rubber wristband with a chip inside and a small audio guide that had both languages german and english. 

HOW IT ALL WORKS

The rubber WRISTBAND enables you to participate in an interactive journey to build your own identity in the Star Wars universe. Throughout the exhibit there are 10 stations where you can hold your wristband to one of several connecting points in order to choose which species your character is, which planet you come from, what your personality trades are, your occupation (jedi, farmer, fighter pilot, bounty hunter and many more) and you also choose a person from the Star Wars universe that you look up to or that your personality resembles most. 

With the AUDIO GUIDE you can listen in to the audio of several short clips playing on Screens throughout the exhibit. Your audio guide receives the audio as soon as you step into the marked circles in front of the screens. The audio will be gone once you step out of the marked areas. Pretty cool concept if you ask me!

The exhibit is divided into the various stages that create or shape our identities and are explained on the basis of our beloved Star Wars characters. For example how come Anakin Skywalker chose the dark side in the end, while Luke, confronted with the same situation, chose to fight for good. Their journey through life is being analysed by comparing their personality trades, their upbringing, their surroundings. What shaped their identities? Why do they act the way they do? Star Wars has a lot of very complex characters and I never thought it would be so much fun learning about their different identities.

The exhibit definitely has a very interesting psychological and social science aspect. But at the same time it is not as abstract as it may sound right now. Children are very well able to understand and enjoy the exhibit too. And they will have a lot of fun creating their own Star Wars identity. 

Apart from the informative clips on the screens and the different stages of building your own character, the exhibit shows a loooooot of original customes worn by the actors. They have all the droids (even BB8 can be found in there), stormtroopers, the original Darth Vader costume and many many more! Right at the beginning of the exhibit you can marvel at an original sized pod-racer with which Anakin Skywalker flew races as a kid on Tatooine.

At the end of the exhibit you can once again touch your wristband to one of many connection points underneath huge screens and they will show you the character / identity you created along the way. It's really fun seeing who you created and who other people created.

So... this is us!

| JULES |

Species: TWI'LEK (female)

Homeplanet: NABOO

Mentor: OBI-WAN KENOBI

Most important personality trade: CREATIVE

Occupation: JEDI KNIGHT

The Force in me is: VERY STRONG

Which side am I on: GOOD SIDE

Check out my whole Star Wars Profile here!

| SIMON |

Species: EWOK (male)

Homeplanet: ENDOR

Mentor: YODA

Most important personality trade: EXCELLENCE DESERVES RECOGNITION AND RESPECT

Occupation: BOUNTY HUNTER

The Force in me is: STRONG

Which side am I on: DARK SIDE

OPENING TIMES

Monday - Sunday: 10am - 6pm

PRICES

Monday - Friday

Adults - 21,95€

Children - 15,95€

Families - 17,95€ per Person

Saturday & Sunday

Adults - 24,95€

Children - 17,95€

Families - 19,50€ per Person

The exhibit will be in Munich until 17th of October! If you are a fan of the Star Wars Universe I can only recommend visiting it. It is unlike anything I have ever been to before and it's a whole lot of fun ;)

For more information check out the official websites:

http://www.starwarsidentities.de/en/

http://www.starwarsidentities.com/