To Grado, Italy: Trains are boring

Trains are even more boring in Grado because it takes a long time to get there. If your parents say "its going to take a short time," it is going to take a LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG time. But once you get to Grado, you'll be happy that you are there. There are lots of gelato stores, about three at each corner. If you are going to pee wee golf in Grado, you TOTALLY don't want to go at nighttime or the mosquitoes will bite you because Grado is an island AND there are a lot of ponds at Pee Wee golf. Here is a picture of me and Dad doing pee wee golf.


Grado is REALLY fun. All you have to do is when you get there you have to run straight to a hotel that you think is best. And THEN go get GELATO.

[Note: Grado is a medieval Italian town on an Adriatic island between Trieste and Venice. We went there to do two weeks of intensive language study at Scoula Insieme. Grado evolved into a resort and spa town in the late 1800s and has miles of beaches, a medieval core with plenty of outdoor cafes, a seaside esplanade and, as Danielle notes, lots of gelato stores. -K]


[Above: Danielle and her dad on the Grado beach, first evening]


[Above: Danielle and her mom in the medieval part of Grado].


[Above: Danielle and her dad in the old quarter of Grado]

[Above: A view of the Grado beach]

[Above: Danielle and her language school friends at the Grado beach]