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At 6:00 PM May 30, 1998
Sunrise (local): 5:52 a.m. Sunset (local): 9:01 p.m.	Weather 72°F
Traveled Since Last Dispatch 99 mi / 159 km Cumulative Total 5361 mi / 8633 km	Lat: 47° 49' 09" N Lon: 7° 46' 22" E Elev: 33 ft / 10 m

Fast Facts

Where We Are: San Remo
Where We're Staying: Hotel Saracena
Places We Visited: Riviera dei Fiori, Finale Ligure, San Remo
Featured Site: Riviera dei Fiori
Person of the Day: Christopher Columbus
What We Ate:: Food of the Day: western Ligurian specialties; Breakfast: jam 'n' toast, coffee/tea/hot chocolate; Lunch: cheese-and-sausage sandwiches, yogurt, fruit, fruit drinks; Dinner: zucchini squares, süpa dé sévüle (onion soup), ménéstrün áü péstü (minestrone soup with pesto), stücafissu (fish stew); Olive count: 2227
Word of the Day: "Figho" means "cool" in Italian slang.
Tech Fact of the Day: Alfred Nobel's Italian hideaway: Flat Count (Cumulative): 35; Broken Spoke Count (Cumulative): 32


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