First Real Sightseeing

Our first few days were taking up with sundry paperwork errands and getting to know where important things are (like the big supermarket). Luckily Amy gave us a map for most of these, which has been immensely useful. This morning, Maya and Tim went to the market and a smaller nearby supermarket while Christine stayed home to work. Not far in walking distance from our place is a daily open-air market with vegetables, cheese, fish, etc. They picked up some fruit at the market and then some things we had forgotten at tbe big supermarket (like tomato sauce). When they got back, we had lunch at home.

After naptime, we did our first real sightseeing with a trip to Castello del Buonconsiglio, which is right in the center of Trento. All of the pictures below are from in and around the castle, which comprises two portions: the old part and the new part. The old part dates from the 13th century, while the new part was built in the 15th century. Both the inside and outside walls were covered in frescoes, and the interior houses an impressive and varying set of artifacts. It turns out that the best way to keep a kid interested in a castle/museum is to let her take pictures of anything she wants. You’ll see Maya’s blog post of all of those tomorrow (since she’s asleep now). All of the photos below are Tim’s. We finished this day with yet another playground followed by dinner at a pizza place that Amy had suggested. Aside from the fact that we’re overstuffed, the pizza was delicious.

To see the results of Maya's photographic efforts, look here.

This picture is a little blurry, but it's apparently a painting of the seating chart for the Council of Trent.