Once
again we had planned another busy day.
Getting up before sunrise we were on the road heading down the mountain
for another spectacular sunrise. Today
we were heading for the very small country, San Marino.
San
Marino is just
over 61 km2 with an estimated population of just over 30,000 so it’s
not the biggest place in the world! The 61 km2 is basically a
big hill with a massive castle and fort that has a view of the sea on a clear
day.
We
enjoyed finding our way through the maze of the castle, some parts we even
needed to climb steep ladders to get into the highest turrets and points of the
castle. Below the castle were cute
little winding cobble streets full of neat little shops.
Allan
had seen another castle/fort on the map only 20km from San Marino called San
Leo … so we decided that we should visit.
To our surprise the fort was actually really fantastic.
A monk
who was trying to escape persecution built San Leo. Leo absolutely loved telling Corban all about
his castle and showing her which room was his!
When we entered a small room he would tell her that was her bedroom, she
got just a wee be cross with him.
We have
been in plenty of castles, forts, old farms and building however this was the
first time Corban started to put two and two together in the dungeon. She realised that people were tortured and
hurt by the equipment and left the room super fast because it made her “tummy
feel sad”.
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