Grand City of San Marino

... heard of San Marino but as Sue mentioned it is an independent state named after a Christian stonemason Marinus from around 300 when he hid in the mountain peaks to avoid persecution by the Romans and started a community there. It must have been a case of too small a fish to worry about as today, the mountain state exists as the 5th smallest country in the world. The buildings and scenery were breathtaking. Well worth the long bus ride to get there

We are on our last day in Rimini, and we're both quite glad of it. Not that we haven't had a good time (though the hostel has been a bit rubbish). <br><br>The journey down here from Munich was a real slog! It took 8 hours, though that didn't really bother us too much. 8 hours of discomfort on a cramped Italian train however, that was what made it difficult. It was a compartment style train (6 seat per compartment, 3 on each side facing each other) which seemed great when we first sat down ...

... besichtigt, die Basilika und einen Spazi**gang durch die engen Gässchen d** Stadt. Kleine Mitbringsel gekauft - und dann nach "Abstieg" zum Parkplatz<br>Abfahrt Richtung Me**.<br><br>Wollte schaun ob ich das Jugendheim wied** finde in dem ich vor 38 Jahren 3 Wochen als Nichtschwimm**, nicht Sonnenbegeist**t**.... jeden Tag am Strand v**bringen musste - und so manche and**e "lustige" und ...

We got to Rimini later that night after Pompeii. It was another 6 hour drive so again we were exhausted. We checked into the hotel and it was perfect. Nicer than the last one we were at. We had booked in advance for the night and the rate was 30eros cheaper than the next night so we (I) thought we would just get there and tell them we wanted another night at the same price. Unfortunately they played me harder than I played them and said they had no availability ...

... and our defense was on the field for 75% of the second half.<br><br>Finally I walked back to the locker room. First I was stopped by the Parma quarterback who said he wished they were playing us tonight of course, though he thought with a healthy Reggie, it probably would have been a different game than the first.<br><br>I was glad we didn&#8217;t have to play them (our weakness is pass defense and Parma throws a lot, and they beat us [barely] two months before ...

A disgrace I know, but I didn&#8217;t take any pictures in Forli , in fact I almost didn&#8217;t take any NOTICE of Forli at all. A slight distraction in the midst of me preparing last year accounts and my VAT returns before we depart for Asia. I had to get it done and yes I felt like a boring old b******d but when it was all done it was wonderful. The hotel here was nice ...

Tuesday 2nd June. We set off as the sun began to show through and leaving Mugello followed 5 massive trucks with the Moto Gp logo on them so they were off to the next racetrack site, like geeks we videoed this. We headed towards Tavulia and arrived at valentino Rossi's hometown md morning.The small town had 46 flags flying along the main road and we found the Rossi cafe where we had a coffee of which my cappuccino had 46 inscribed in the froth!!The cafe ...

... il mio italiano.<br>Le cose più belle sono successe in questo viaggio. Ho conosciuto gente dal tutto il mondo e ho fatto amici veramente di cuore. Al corso italiano che andavo ho conosciuto l'amore della mia vita e la persona migliore per girare il mondo. Ho cominciato a viaggiare molto purtoppo finora solo in Europa ma con la intenzione di andare dappertutto.<br>Milano, la grigia città secondo molti, la città più brutta di Italia, per me era incredibile...<br><br>

This past weekend was a lot of fun. GU in Florence made their way to Rome for the weekend, so it was fun to be around a bunch of familiar faces. Kerry stayed with me at my apartment, and it was so nice to have her here. I got up on Friday morning and first went to the police station to try to get my permisso di soggiorno (to legally stay in the country for a year), and was turned away because I didn't have the right paperwork. But, it was so not ...

... the train left in the afternoon, but since Nichole and I were staying - we went to find our hostel and check-in. Well, turns out that wherever we end up staying is at the top of a hill, requiring lots of stairs. This was no different. It was actually at the top of the hill that I went to with my GU friends, a mini-hike that we were not expecting to have to do. But, our hostel was awesome! It was called "Camping Michelangelo" and we were in a house ...