Viva Italia!: School.../ Marostica

So lately I haven't really been doing too much of anything except for working on projects, papers, and studying for tests. It all sounds totally interesting, I know. But actually I don't mind the work I've been doing as of late... the only thing I would change is waking up at 6:55 every day to get breakfast by 7:30 and then class. That is just way too early for my brain to function at all. I am excited though because in an hour and a half I will be going to Marostica which is a town in the northern Venice region of Italy that has an annual human chess match like in Harry Potter! How cool is that! I wonder if that's where J.K. Rowling got the idea... regardless it's pretty cool because as history goes during World War II a writer created a story to go along with this chess match where the winner of the chess match gets the hand of the fair maiden or something. It's pretty cool though because they do it right in the middle of town square for everyone to watch. I wonder if they use fake swords and stuff. But yea def look for pictures later apparently their are walls all around the place too.

this is Marostica it is a castle town surrounded by a giant wall like in olden days!

You see all the way up there at the top of the mountain yea that's where I climbed up to... ABSOLUTELY DEATH CLIMB OMG.

This is the beautiful future Porsche convertible I wish to own isn't it GORGEOUS <3

this is the castle front entrance to the town it's pretty neat!

This is Maggie demonstrating how the giant human chess board is used every year in September when the town hosts a human chess match. I believe she is demonstrating the Rook.