Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Travels

We've been so remiss in our blogging, we haven't even reported our trips! The first weekend, we made two day trips, first to San Leo and then to San Marino. San Leo is a little town high up on a mountaintop, very pretty, with a big fortress perched right on the topmost crag. The guys went through the museum in the fort while Mom waited outside. We popped out on all the battlements and windows to wave at her. Eddie's favorite part was the papal chambers, which were a labyrinth of little rooms and twisting hallways with occasional windows between them. Eddie chased me around. We also visited the Duomo and an 8th century church.

San Marino is a separate country, about an hour's drive from Urbino. That makes six countries Eddie's been to. San Marino is also perched on top of a mountain, but it's a much bigger city. We hung out in a cool piazza with a great overlook and a fountain. Eddie loves fountains these days; he wants to splash in them and pick up gook from the puddles. His parents are less fond of that part. After a while a big wedding party showed up on the piazza, and a toddler about Eddie's size was with them. They chased each other around, and Eddie ran around the rest of the party, having a grand old time. The festive atmosphere made him happy. I heard some relative along the father of the other toddler who his playmate was. His answer was, I think, Italian for "I dunno, some wedding crasher!"

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