Blogs from San Marino, Europe
July 3rd 2011
The Old Town and not much more The main reason for this trip to Italy was to visit San Marino. San Marino is one of the smallest independent countries in the world. According to CIA World Fact Book San Marino is the fourth smallest country in the world. Only Holy See, Monaco, Tuvalu and Nauru are smaller. San Marino is surrounded by Italy in all directions and could never find a way of telling an Italian from a Sammarinese. They look the same and speak the same language. There might be a cultural difference but I couldn't find any. Considering that the Italians have elected url=http://en.wikipedia.org... read more
June 25th 2011
I have heard in English people say that I am an idiot but I have never been looked at or commented on, that I am an idiot in one place as I did walking around San Marino. I waited at the bus stop in Rimini, Italy to head to the tiny mountain top country of San Marino, Europe’s smallest nation in the European Council. I was chatting to a red hot Russian red head whilst I was waiting. She was pretty cute and it was then that I realised I forgot to have a shave. My Milan Makeover was not complete. Actually the shop was closed in Milan on Monday’s so I had no choice. It was a shame but I screwed myself even more by having her see the final evidence of the San Marino ... read more
April 23rd 2011
Thursday 7th April 2011 Back on the road today with a drive south down the coast, across the Po delta to the oldest surviving sovereign state and constitutional republic in the world – San Marino. Officially known as the Republic of San Marino it has a population of 30,000 living in an area of 24 square miles. Its constitution was enacted in 1600 and is the world’s oldest still in effect. It is one of the wealthiest countries in the world in terms of GDP per capita and is in the enviable position of having the lowest unemployment rate in Europe, no national debt and a budget surplus ! Friday 8th April 2011 Morning school spent sketching designs for our Venetian Carnival masks. After lunch we catch the bus to the capital of San Marino – ... read more
October 20th 2010
W San Marino każdy Polak jest witany wszędzie. Od samego początku uderzyło mnie już to, że ludzie z nami rozmawiają, wiedzą kim jesteśmy a sprzedawcy machają polskimi falgami zachęcając nas do kupna podrabianych perfum D&G oraz innych regionalnych souvenirów. Na początku trafiliśmy do polskiej winiarni. Pokazano nam jak powstają trunki. Dorośli mogli spróbować. Mówiono do nas po polsku, alkohole pakowano w papiery i nawet za darmo dowożono do autokaru. Ale przecież biznes jest biznes :) -------------------- Monte Titano. Tam zwiedziliśmy bazylikę Św. Marinusa i mieliśmy tzw. free time. Szliśmy w górę i w górę mijając sklepki z pamiątkami i kupcami uśmiechającymi się do nas szeroko:) -Buy it, buy it ! The price is good ! Are you from Poland? Ohhh the price will be lower for you. - Oh, it's too expensive. Knock something off the ... read more
August 7th 2010
Why write a blog about San Marino? Well at the time of writing, on this website, only fifteen others had previously done so; making research into what to do there a little frustrating. The same number of blogs has been written for Somalia and more than double that have been written for North Korea. Surely San Marino deserves a bit more attention. Or does it? I had to go there to find out. So what do we know about San Marino except that they have a national football team that everyone wants in their qualifying group and that they pretend to host a formula one grand prix? (It’s actually held in Italy): San Marino is the fifth smallest country in the world with an area of only 61km2. Isn’t that reason enough to visit? Or how ... read more
Part 7: Dancing through the snowstorm of the century in San Marino
Published: May 7th 2010Europe » San Marino » San Marino
March 12th 2010
I’m exhausted. It’s a bad combination when you mix back-to-back eight-hour motorcycle rides and lots of snow. I’m staying with my friend Sara in San Marino and her visiting her Dutch amica Willers. They’re old friends, and I feel somewhere between accepted and a third wheel. When I arrived in San Marino, I was too jumbled and frozen to accurately describe my whereabouts to Sara over the phone. I flagged down a passing driver, who was able to interpret my location for Sara. Then the driver motioned for me to follow her, and led me about 3km back the way she had come, to a warm coffee bar where I would await further instructions. It took almost fifteen minutes for me to thaw out, and while I thawed, a tall, well-dressed friend of Sara’s came in ... read more
January 31st 2010
Sunday 31.1.210 day 109 San Marino We had bfast and then drove to San Marino the third smallest country it is only 61 sq km and is 657 m above sea level when we where there is was snowing and there the whole place was covered in snow. We then headed off to Maranello the home of the Ferrari. The Ferrari factory is open 7 days a week and has a Ferrari museum that has the largest collection of Ferrari in the world. On the way it was snowing and the snow just got heaver and deeper in the road till we decided it was to dangerous to keep driving and stopped at the next hotel we found which just happened to be in the town of Imola there is a race track here which used ... read more
December 12th 2009
Today Mario made plans to take us to San Marino, which is a country on its own with its own flag and its own currency (well the cents are different from the euro cents) After shopping for groceries for dinner we headed off in two cars down the beautiful Rimini countryside to San Marino. San Marino is a little town and the main attraction there is the castle on top of Monte Titano(the highest mountain peak in San Marino). As it was almost christmas, there was a huge snowglobe with a scene of the nativity just outside the castle. Now we really had the christmassy feeling ( you know me, I'm a sucker for all this mooshy stuff!!) After a lovely(albeit rainy) day in San Marino, we headed back to the house, where I made dinner, ... read more
September 16th 2009
We now have our own stroller and decided to do the hop on hop off tour...yes we should have done this the day our stroller was lost. We walked to the Placa Catalunya to buy our tickets and board the bus. As we were at the ticket counter I pointed the very black rain clouds up above. We shrugged it off the proceeded to the top of the double decker convertible bus. We got off at the 1st stop, the Barri Gotic or Gothic Church. As we stepped off the bus the rain began to come down on us...sprinkling at first. We took cover under an office buildings overhang. Then it started to rain, and the second that happened there were magically men selling cheap crappy umbrellas EVERYWHERE for 5 euro. Brian bought one for me ... read more
