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| EUWS in San Marino. |
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| Rising seniors in San Marino. |
We had the luxury of sleeping in
until 8:45 AM this morning, as opposed to our usual wake up time of 8:15 AM.
The breakfast at the past two hotels have had a hard time living up to the one
at the first in Como. Regardless,
we had a good spread of prosciutto and cheese on bread in addition to some
yogurt and pastries to last us until lunchtime. After breakfast we drove up the
mountain to meet our tour guide in San Marino. The bus ascended higher and
higher and it felt like the roads were becoming more narrow as our altitude
increased. Eventually we arrived at the bus parking lot and waited outside the
Museum of Torture for our tour guide. Our ascent on foot up into the heart of
San Marino was broken into different legs where we would stop at various spots
and she would tell us the history of the country.
San
Marino is a country independent of Italy. They have their own government,
judicial system, economy, and more. During elections, 60 representatives are
chosen by the people to represent them. Of these 60 representatives, 10 are
chosen and heads of smaller sections, and two presidents are selected to do the
general overseeing. What is interesting about San Marino is that despite it’s
population of 60,000 residents, there are still seven political parties. A
unique part of this country is that they have had the same political system
since it was originally established and haven’t altered it at all because it
has worked so well. They also were so satisfied with the size of their country,
they refused Napolean when he offered them more land. We also learned of San
Marino’s “luck” with Garibaldi, Mussolini, in addition to the British during
World War Two. To get citizenship for San Marino, you must either be born
there, live there for 15 years, or have been married to a citizen for 45 years.
They also only work 10 months out of the year. Mothers who stay at home receive
penchant around the age people retire there “because they realize the hard work
that has been put in during all of those years.” To any of the moms reading
this-time to start considering moving to San Marino?
The
country was very unique in many ways, when we stopped outside of the government
offices we were gathered very close to a nice car. We soon learned that the car,
in fact, belonged to one of the presidents. It was pretty cool learning about
the tight-knit community that kept so close to its original political and
geographic roots. Following the official tour, we continued our way up the
mountain on foot to check out the three towers. A group of us decided to climb
to the top of the second tower where we got an awesome view of the surrounding
area. It was definitely a little terrifying making our way to the top,
especially as the walkways were very narrow when we finally reached the summit
(mom you would hate this). After snapping some photos and exploring the top of
the fortress, we headed back down in search of somewhere to grab lunch. A large
group of us found a restaurant near the top of San Marino. I was able to
finally get a Caprese salad and we were treated to free granita courtesy of
Fillipo the waiter. Following our afternoon in San Marino, we had about a half
an hour at the hotel before going to the beach and our training session.
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| We also had leftover money from lunch. Such a rare occasion to have overpaid than underpaid in a group that we treated ourselves to nutella and banana crepes afterward with the spare change! |
As
it was drizzling, we only stayed at the beach by Rimini for about thirty
minutes. It was enough time to take some photographs and secure more footage
for our video on the shores of the Adriatic Sea. The trip to the beach was
followed by a good training session at a field that they had reserved for us.
We started with a fun and always competitive game of handball and ended with
team trains the keepers, which is our typical pregame drill. Our team bussed
back to our hotel in San Marino and pretty much went straight to dinner which
consisted of carbonara pasta, turkey, golden potatoes, and an apple crisp
dessert which had been the collective least favorite of the team so far. Some
of decided to check out the pool and sauna after dinner prior to heading to bed
for the night. It was definitely a good way to loosen up our muscles after a
hard training session leading into our game the next day.
San
Marino is a country independent of Italy. They have their own government,
judicial system, economy, and more. During elections, 60 representatives are
chosen by the people to represent them. Of these 60 representatives, 10 are
chosen and heads of smaller sections, and two presidents are selected to do the
general overseeing. What is interesting about San Marino is that despite it’s
population of 60,000 residents, there are still seven political parties. A
unique part of this country is that they have had the same political system
since it was originally established and haven’t altered it at all because it
has worked so well. They also were so satisfied with the size of their country,
they refused Napolean when he offered them more land. We also learned of San
Marino’s “luck” with Garibaldi, Mussolini, in addition to the British during
World War Two. To get citizenship for San Marino, you must either be born
there, live there for 15 years, or have been married to a citizen for 45 years.
They also only work 10 months out of the year. Mothers who stay at home receive
penchant around the age people retire there “because they realize the hard work
that has been put in during all of those years.” To any of the moms reading
this-time to start considering moving to San Marino? 
The
country was very unique in many ways, when we stopped outside of the government
offices we were gathered very close to a nice car. We soon learned that the car,
in fact, belonged to one of the presidents. It was pretty cool learning about
the tight-knit community that kept so close to its original political and
geographic roots. Following the official tour, we continued our way up the
mountain on foot to check out the three towers. A group of us decided to climb
to the top of the second tower where we got an awesome view of the surrounding
area. It was definitely a little terrifying making our way to the top,
especially as the walkways were very narrow when we finally reached the summit
(mom you would hate this). After snapping some photos and exploring the top of
the fortress, we headed back down in search of somewhere to grab lunch. A large
group of us found a restaurant near the top of San Marino. I was able to
finally get a Caprese salad and we were treated to free granita courtesy of
Fillipo the waiter. Following our afternoon in San Marino, we had about a half
an hour at the hotel before going to the beach and our training session.
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