Pictured: Harvard freshmen at San Marino
Photo courtesy: Harvard women's soccer
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Blog post by Courtney Diekema '13, Taryn Kurcz '13 and Alicia
Johnson '13
Halo, ciao, hola, bonjour! Today was a very multilingual day.
It started off like every other day with a delicious breakfast with
the team in our beautiful San Marino hotel...aka the Best
Western.
Next, we had the bus ride to the majestic mountaintop capital of
San Marino, the smallest and oldest independent republic in the
world. Our charming local guide Lara gave us a detailed background
on the country and the dismal escapades of its soccer team. We also
learned that if you want to become president of a country, move to
a country that has elections every six months and only 30 thousand
inhabitants.
At the very top of the mountain sits the medieval castle which
offers breathtaking views of the surrounding valleys of Italy and
offered us many great photo opportunities. After nearly exhausting
our camera memory cards, we finished our tour and split up to
explore the unbelievable city. The nine freshmen had a wonderful
lunch on the mountaintop with a picturesque view as we tasted the
culture of San Marino.
After a few more exciting escapades (not excluding getting lost)
we congregated at the gate to the city and ran into a group of very
enthusiastic Italian peers. Between Courtney's German, Taryn's
Italian, Alicia's French, and AJ's Spanish, and their broken
English we were able to have some interesting conversations.
Unfortunately we had a bus to catch and our new found friendships
were short lived. So we were back on the bus and headed to Rimini
the Jersey Shore of Italy. Just kidding. It was actually a nice
stop along the Adriatic coast to dip our toes into a new sea. The
water was a bit cold for our more southernly folk but the east
coasters were all over it.
We were back to the bus after a few more adventures and then back
to the luxury palace for dinner. Looks like it's gonna be a nice
night with the team in the hotel.
Ciao bella
Courtney, Taryn and AJ
