San Marino Dogana

Sue<br><br>As we drove closer to San Marino, we all started saying, "Did she REALLY say "the NATION" of San Marino?? And that's exactly what it was: It's full title is "The Republic of San Marino". John will do doubt tell you of its history. It's set high on a mountain, with the most glorious view and was yet another treasure chest waiting to be opened for us! It was our nicest hotel by far - VERY upmarket! - and it was exciting to follow the ...

... as each seat filled the novelty soon wore off. It became cramped and uncomfortable... both physically and socially. As soon as we got to Austria however, the stunning views of the huge, steaming mountain forests, and ice blue rivers took our minds off the traveling conditions. On several occasions we couldn't help but gasp and 'wow' at the surroundings (which I felt quite guilty for doing because there was a blind woman in our carriage).<br><br>Nevertheless, it is an understatement to ...

... Mozzarella.... wie imm** ;-)<br><br>Sarah - hat als Probe für das "Promidinn**" nächste Woche den Rest üb**nommen.<br><br>Paps - ...ein** muss ja auch essen - od** ?<br><br>Das Menü: - Vorspeise: Caprese<br> Hauptspeise: Spagetti mit Basilikum Pesto od** mit Olivenöl<br> Nachspeise: "die Ecke des Monats "<br><br>Geschmeckt hat´s jedenfalls h**vorragend !!!! ... und nichts ist ...

... to check in the morning. Of course morning came and they had one room left but couldn't do it for any lease than 30euros more than the orignally wanted. Son instead of saving 30 we spent an extra 30 - oh well to quote Role Models don't ********* a *********ter...hillarous movie (and only one we've seen in months) by the way. Next day we toured all around Rimini which we expected to be like a jazzed up Miami but actually had a cool historic center and eclectic ...

... until after that first group, the rest of the squad, 22 more guys ran onto the field. In contrast the Marines had 50 players on their roster.<br><br>I walked out with out captains as I had from the first game, but know I belonged in that group. We won the toss and deferred and we took the field.<br><br>There was ceremonial kickoff in which a former, famous trainer of the soccer team AC Milan kicked a ball and then it was brought back to me, and I started the game ...

... in my life on one beach. There was even a beach shower at the waters edge (advising us not to use shampo (their spelling not mine).<br><br>The water temp was cooler than in Sicily but still pleasant enough. by this time the sun had disappeared behind rain clouds. We headed back into town for coffee &amp; shopping. Mandy found a ring but didn't buy it. I think she regretted it as for the next few days she wanted to head back to Fano.<br><br>Ciao

We left for Urbino after breakfast for a quick trip (Birth place of Raffaello - painter) of course coffee &amp; gelati was part of our plans with some sights thrown in.<br><br>Nice place and worth the trip. No time to view the museo a bit of a shame as there is a section with Rafael.<br><br>We had some great views going over the mountains going to/from Urbino. Mandy is handling driving the larger car just fine.<br><br>Ciao<br>

... the staff were really friendly and helpful. The Theatre was weird, kind of in the middle of nowhere, a large basketball arena attached to some other massive, factory like buildings pretty ugly. The one big thing that really did stand out here were the audiences. It was like they were just waiting, nay longing, to be entertained and were clapping, laughing and dancing ...

... Naturally we got a t-shirt and the man showed us then his own garage with bikes he owned which was really special. He invited us for coffee but we had to get moving on. What a top day we had. Heading north we finally left the lowlands and reached the Dolomite mountains and camped by a lovely lake, Lake Garda. The lake is famous for windsurfing most of the year and the campsite catered for them. The views were beautiful of the soaring mountains behind us.

... 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>