On Wednesday September 12th nine of us set sails, or wheels, for Rimini in two cars. We stayed a hostel not to far from the beach as September is already out of season for Rimini. The town was indeed a bit dead, but it was a great trip which lasted until Saturday morning.

One the way down we stopped in Bologna to pretend to be tourists, and I must say that we succeeded. First of all we drove around town without a map, having no clue where to go. Secondly, we managed to arrive late enough for restaurants to be closed for lunch. Thirdly, well we also saw some stuff… Basically we just walked around in Bologna and the main highlight was to go up into one of the old towers. The trip up is about 100m, and includes 500 steps.

We also had an excursion to San Marino, the small state inside Italy with about 28000 inhabitants. The main interest of San Marino is the old castle which is placed on a very high hill and explains how such a small republic could keep its independence for so long. The view up there was great. A great view to the Adriatic sea and a similarly great view into Italy.

Finally, as going to Rimini without partying would be an act of blasphemy there’s also a few party pictures… We had some good fun at the hostel drinking and playing games, and of course at the beach enjoying a bottle of polish white wine.