Yesterday was Azzurra's birthday and she chose a trip to the Italian theme park, Mirabilandia, for her celebration. We had a pretty good group-11 people! Shawn and I were the only Americans and we had the best time experiencing theme parks the Italian way. Mirabilandia is located in Ravenna, which is a beach town on the East coast of Italy, only about an hour and a half away from Bologna. We took a bus straight to the park early in the morning and got our fun-having underway!
The park isn't huge but it was actually surprising good compared to what Shawn and I had expected. It's owned by Nestle actually so there were a lot of American/English aspects to it which kind of threw us off. There was only one really big roller coaster, Katun, which was kind of like Top Gun at Great America (my favorite!). We also did several smaller rides, like a haunted house, a dumbo-esque ride, and several water rides.
Lunch was pretty funny because we busted it out Calabrese style. We had brought sandwiches, chips, and cokes...and then Alessandro pulls out a new package of sausage and his army knife. It was too funny. The coke we brought was left over from when my family and I went to the commissary at Camp Darby. They were amazed to see diet, caffeine free coke. I told them they didn't even know the half of what they're doing to sodas these days!
My favorite thing all day was the show "Scuola di Polizia" or Police School. Basically it was a stunt show with every kind of vehicle imaginable, mostly motocross bikes and BMWs. It was freakin' awesome, I loved it. They were jumping things, peeling out, riding cars on their sides, and it was all for real. Plus, it was hilarious because the set was so American! One of the BMWs was decorated with US Navy Seals decals, another police BMW had LA Police Department, and the set said "Hollywood" and "California Jail". Strange, huh?
It really was a lovely day spent with my closest Italian friends. Shawn and I kept running around yelling, "Mirabilandia!" out of pure excitement. By the end of the day, though, we could not have been more exhausted and we all slept on the bus ride home. We might go back in the summer so we can enjoy more fully the water park part of it-Mirabilandia Beach!
Yesterday was Azzurra's birthday and she chose a trip to the Italian theme park, Mirabilandia, for her celebration. We had a pretty good group-11 people! Shawn and I were the only Americans and we had the best time experiencing theme parks the Italian way. Mirabilandia is located in Ravenna, which is a beach town on the East coast of Italy, only about an hour and a half away from Bologna. We took a bus straight to the park early in the morning and got our fun-having underway!
The park isn't huge but it was actually surprising good compared to what Shawn and I had expected. It's owned by Nestle actually so there were a lot of American/English aspects to it which kind of threw us off. There was only one really big roller coaster, Katun, which was kind of like Top Gun at Great America (my favorite!). We also did several smaller rides, like a haunted house, a dumbo-esque ride, and several water rides.
Lunch was pretty funny because we busted it out Calabrese style. We had brought sandwiches, chips, and cokes...and then Alessandro pulls out a new package of sausage and his army knife. It was too funny. The coke we brought was left over from when my family and I went to the commissary at Camp Darby. They were amazed to see diet, caffeine free coke. I told them they didn't even know the half of what they're doing to sodas these days!
My favorite thing all day was the show "Scuola di Polizia" or Police School. Basically it was a stunt show with every kind of vehicle imaginable, mostly motocross bikes and BMWs. It was freakin' awesome, I loved it. They were jumping things, peeling out, riding cars on their sides, and it was all for real. Plus, it was hilarious because the set was so American! One of the BMWs was decorated with US Navy Seals decals, another police BMW had LA Police Department, and the set said "Hollywood" and "California Jail". Strange, huh?
It really was a lovely day spent with my closest Italian friends. Shawn and I kept running around yelling, "Mirabilandia!" out of pure excitement. By the end of the day, though, we could not have been more exhausted and we all slept on the bus ride home. We might go back in the summer so we can enjoy more fully the water park part of it-Mirabilandia Beach!
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