Motovun has two main streets—Gradiziol and Borgo—that reach the top of the hill from two sides. Well, there are few other streets, anyhow. Gradiziol is a two-way street. From the top, where it faces north, it spirals eastward. That is where most traffic and almost all shops can be found. Borgo is a one-way street going down. It spirals from south at the top toward east. Perhaps the most important among the remaining streets is Barbacan, which curves around the eastern part of the town wall. It now serves as the main parking lot. Barbacan connects Gradiziol and Borgo, but the link with the latter is too narrow for cars. Then there is Rialto, which is too steep and narrow for traffic. It used to be the main thoroughfare for donkeys and mules. All these names go back centuries to Motovun’s Venetian origins. Returning to Borgo, it used to have many shops. At present, it has the only day care in town. A few paces down from my house, it caters to a dozen children at most. Many mornings I wake up to the sound of children walking there with their parents. Every ten or twenty minutes a car rumbles down the street, its motor idling. Gaggles of tourists sometimes pass up or down Borgo, but it is quiet most of the time. Today I woke up to the sound of two of my neighbors exchanging greetings and pleasantries.