Today we leave Ravenna. I would definitely suggest a day trip to Ravenna if anyone is coming to Venice! Here are some general pictures of the town.
After breakfast this morning we went to Domus die Tappeti di Pietra. The remains and floor mosaics from a house, dating back to the 5th and 6th century, were unearthed when they were digging to build a parking lot. Here are a couple of pictures.
After visiting the museum we went back to pick up our suitcases and headed to the train station. Buying the tickets and finding the train was easy. We took the train from Ravenna to Rimini where we got a bus to San Marino. The bus ride was about an hour and did not take us all the way to the top. There were a number of people on the bus including us that stayed on the bus expecting it to go higher. The bus driver eventually kicked us off the bus. It had started to rain during the bus ride. There was another American woman on the bus who is staying at the same hotel. Turned out we had to hike the rest of the way up the hill.
After checking in and getting settled, I went out to explore the hotel and ran into the other American woman, Cassandra. She and I went to the tourist office and got our passports stamped. (Rick Manser – I got the country of San Marino and you didn’t!)
We didn’t go out to explore further as it was raining.
That evening we had a very nice dinner with Cassandra in the hotel. After dinner Mom and I played several games of dominoes and I beat her decisively.