I thought I’d tell you about our trip through northern italy. On our drive through Italy on our way to Verona, where we would spend the next two days, we decided to take advantage of our car and stop in cool towns we saw along the way. One such town was Trento, Italy.

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In Trento, they had this beautiful castle. Since we arrived half and hour before it closed, they didn’t charge us for admission and let us wander around at will. Nice Italians.

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Look at the cool things this castle had. Giant human-sized fireplaces and teeny 5′7″ doors. How short were these people?

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While Trento was awesome and we were glad we stopped there, we were not so pleased with the fact that it was here that the engine of our rental car started smoking. Bad enough that a man came out of his work to look sadly at our car and say, “Caput?” Then we got back on the highway to head to our final destination of the day only to land smack in the middle of a 45 minute long road problem that resulted in us going 5 miles. Yes, 5 miles in a smoking car on the Italian highway. Good times.

Lots and lots more Italy to follow at some random future date.