Audi's Coupe de'tat: Audi A5/S5 part I

oh well, an early trip into frankfurt (5am) meant we had 6 hours to spend languishing in the lounge before the flight to Verona. First up, breakfast:


... and when u have 6 hours to kill, you generally find ways to keep oneself entertained! :)


before long, it's boarding time again, which means going through the whole inspection/x-ray/full cavity search rigmarole

In verona, a spanking fleet of A8s are waiting to take us to the hotel. They consist of a mix of W12 and TDi variants. We got the former:


a bit of the hotel (Due Torri Hotel Baglioni, Verona) main foyer:


And with effectively half a free day before us ahead of the drive tomorrow, we take in the sights of the city including the purported balcony where Romeo romanced Juliet:


AND gorged ourselves on all manner of roadside delicacies... and this was before dinner!


... followed by dinner itself at Antica Bottega Del Vino (www.bottegavini.it). the lobster buccatini was quickly wolfed down but i had enough presence of mind to snap this quick and dirty image of the main (guinea fowl)... although it wasn't quite as satisfying as the pasta. Their specialty's horse meat, which wasn't as game-y as i'd have expected.