Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Day 39: Rome - San Marino / Rimini


In San Marino, everything is labelled "Republicca di San Marino," otherwise you might forget you're in a whole different country. The world's oldest republic, actually, and my fourth silly microstate.
The town of San Marino is an old walled fortress, perched precariously on a mountaintop, overlooking the rest of the country. There are nice views, and cute cobblestone streets, but not much else. Weirdly, there are lots of shops selling guns, crossbows, swords, etc - maybe you can own them, but not buy them in Italy?
More obscure stamp and postcard collecting aside, not much happened today. Staying in Rimini, pretty beach resort town, very quiet because of the first real rain on this whole trip.

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