Today is Thursday, and we took the train to Ferrara to check out the town this morning. The highlight was a castle! With a moat! I've never been in a castle with a moat. This one was pretty large, and we got to visit the dungeons as well as the tower on top. We can't remember the name of the castle, other than it was part of the Este family. We also had pasta for lunch and weathered a quick rainstorm before heading back to Padova.
We took a rest, then headed out to hit another venue on our 'Tour to Recreate our Time in Padova'. Pier 88, better known by us as the 'Bubble Bar', is on the tram stop towards where the boys played soccer. We had an aperitivo and enjoyed sitting outside near the canal, despite the cicada noise. We have had great weather here- it's been in the high 70s to mid 80s. It's supposed to get very hot in the next few days though.
Speaking of soccer, we have tried to get the boys an opportunity to play here. Just like in the States, most teams are on break right now. There was an open day (kind of like an ID camp) that Ethan could have gone to, but he needed a physical, and that was too much for us to pull off. Dave found an app that has pickup games on it but Ben is too nervous about his inability to speak Italian to try it out. We did finally get a message back from the boys' coach in the past few days, so we will see if that amounts to anything.
Padova is a university town. Graduations here do not happen all at once. Students, especially PhD candidates, graduate on their own date and usually there is a small gathering to celebrate them. I've enjoyed seeing the groups in town. You can tell who the graduate is because they are wearing a laurel wreath on their head (hence the term laureate).
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