Cividale is located in the Friuli region, just a few kilometres from Slovenia, almost as far north east as you can go and still be in Italy.
We are staying in the medieval centre and so far have visited the Duomo, wandered through the Saturday markets and enjoyed lunch in a small trattoria. When we went in to lunch, the markets were in full progress and by the time we came out, they were all packed up and gone.
We plan to visit a number of ancient Roman sites, museums and walk across the Devil's Bridge. Legend goes that to make the construction easier, the devil asked for the soul of the first person to cross it. With their wise astuteness, the Cividalesi allowed a cat to first cross the bridge, thus saving human souls. Perhaps a dog was not a good enough substitute!
We head off for Slovenia on Monday as the bus does not run tomorrow. We remain two days behind schedule.
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Perhaps if cats have 9 lives they also have 9 souls, so it had a few to spare.
Monster thinks she is a person but sometimes I think she is the devil's creature...
They were going to send a dog but it kept chasing it's tail....and didn't have an extra 8 lives to spare!
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