(Saturday)
We saw thunderstorms on the weather forecast for the day so we decided to take advantage of the morning sunshine and visit the beach. When I say "beach" I mean big boulders clustered by the water's edge. It wasn't necessarily very comfortable for sunning, but it was beautiful. When we carefully navigated our way over the rocks into the water it was wonderfully refreshing. We wished we had floaties with us to bob up and down all day and watch the local kids rattle off Italian to each other while jumping from rocks.
We shopped in the afternoon- finally making our first souvenir purchases. And then we explored a few of the hilly and winding side streets of our town to the big church plaza, the little elementary school for the few dozen kids that live here, and another breathtaking lookout.
The thunder and lightning started at sundown and it was a powerful storm!
Our local hangout has been Bar Centrale, where the World Cup is always on, and there's the best wifi signal. It's fun revisit the same places and start recognizing the same people. We've been enjoying the local dessert drink: limoncino.
Home to pack...off to Tuscany tomorrow.