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Italy
At 6:00 PM
May 7, 1998

Sunrise (local): 5:55 a.m.
Sunset (local): 8:19 p.m.
Weather
75°F sunny
Traveled Since Last Dispatch
115 mi / 185 km

Cumulative Total
4558 mi / 7340 km
Lat: 44° 04' 16" N
Lon: 12° 34' 25" E
Elev: 33 ft / 10 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: Rimini
Where We're Staying: Hotel Teatro
Places We Visited: Parco del Delta (Natural Park of the Po River Delta), Pineto di Classe, Basilica di San Vitale, Mausoleo di Galla Placidia
Featured Site: Basilica di San Vitale, and Mausoleo di Galla Placidia, Ravenna
Person of the Day: our host families in Ferrara
What We Ate:
Food of the Day: the "arrabbiata" sauce for pasta
Breakfast: rolls, jam, coffee
Lunch: sandwiches
Dinner: pizza and pasta
Olive count: 2094
Word of the Day: "Salve"click to hear an audio clipmeans "hello," or "greetings," in Italian.
Tech Fact of the Day: the Parco del Delta
Flat Count (Cumulative): 25
Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 29
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