A significant number of asexuals also identify as aromantic, which means that they do not experience romantic attraction. Separating romantic and sexual attraction is not strictly limited to asexual people, however. For instance, it is possible for someone to be an aromantic heterosexual, or any other combination.
Shakespeare got the story of Romeo and Juliet from a poem by Arthur Brooke called Romeus and Juliet. In Brooke's poem, the story takes place in Verona, Italy.
Shunning the spotless beaches of the Maldives and the scented bazaars of Marrakech, the French leader and his ex-model have gone to Verona. Of course, it sounds wonderfully romantic. Verona is, after all, supposed to be the capital of love, the city of Romeo and Juliet. Its main square is even called Piazza Bra. But as those of us who have been to Verona recently well know, the reality is very different.