San Marino

On Saturday June 28, after we were through moving the Frys into their new apartment in Ancona, we began driving up the Adriatic coast.  The sea was beautiful.  We drove though Persaro and Rimini.

Rimini has one of the most famous beaches in the world.  It goes for miles and miles. We stopped and dipped our toes in the water.

Then we drove inland to San Marino - an old city state that never joined Italy.  They are their own country.  

The old city and castles are on the top of this mountain that has a shear drop down to the farmlands below.

Here you can see the Adriatic Sea, about 15 miles away.

The castles were fabulous.

One of the other castles

And the shear drop down to the farm land.

Do you see Peg down there waving at me ?

This is some graffiti that was painted on the prison cell walls.

Here's the restaurant where we ate lunch.  We could see all the land to the east from our covered patio seats.

The big church at the town of San Marino on top of the mountain.

Some of the ancient tiny streets around town.

Here is a view of the three castles from the farmland below.  Very stunning views everywhere.