Had breakfast at the Bed and Breakfast in a very nice private little yard in the back of her place. After spending so many days surrounded by Italian it was weird to have English spoken by everyone at the table. We then travelled to Deiva Marina, which is about a four-hour drive from Verona. We stopped in Mantua for an hour and a half (Mantova in Italian) and looked at the buildings. It was an entirely spontaneous visit so we didn’t know which buildings to go in or why the name Mantua was so familiar until we left so we didn’t see any of the spectacular artwork inside the buildings. But the buildings were constructed beautifully in themselves and there was a great view coming into the city. There was this one clock on a tower that not only told the time (in roman numerals that went all the way to XXIV on an outer ring) but an inner ring with two layers of the months around the outer end (which was used depended on the next inner ring which showed which sign we were in) and the pointer was a girlish figure with a unicorn that would open up to reveal which phase the moon was in.
Once we finally got into Deiva Marina we quickly moved into our apartment for the week. It’s so nice to have my own room (I mean tonight I’m sharing it but for the next 4 or 5 days its all mine.) And grocery shopping and cooking for ourselves and having a kitchen where I can just grab what I want without having everyone knowing about it will be just divine. The apartment is within walking distance to the beach and is very small and there are a lot of younger people here. I’ll go on a photo tour tomorrow and will keep you updated. No wifi here either but we have a tv here although I don’t think I’ll be watching much of it.
OH! And the church is right next door. I’m reminded because the bells go every half hour and a couple of times already today they’ve been joyfully ringing.
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