The sun woke us today! And we didn't complain, but did sleep in regardless. We are on “holiday” after all! We eventually got up, and Bev made a good, old-fashioned American breakfast, complete with scrambled eggs, ham, toast, and croissants, with cappuccino thrown in as a willing nod to our Italian hosts! We threw a load of clothes in the washer, and then got in the car and drove to the beach at Viareggio, probably only about 15 miles away from the house. There, we rented a couple of loungers on the beach, which also gave us rights to a changing room and a rinse shower. We hung out in the sun, reading and napping, for about 4 hours. It was funny, but after six weeks of foreign travel, as I lay there in the sun, totally relaxed and listening to reggae on my iPod, I felt like I was truly on vacation for about the first time since we left Florida! It made me realize that as fun as traveling around other countries is, there is a certain stress to it. Moments of total relaxation like this are actually rare!
We drove home late this afternoon, got the clothes out of the wash and hung them out to dry on a clothes line in the back yard. Haven't done that for years! Tonight we just had to return to the ristorante we'd enjoyed a couple of weekends ago in Camaiore for a late dinner, then came back to the house to read and relax. Tomorrow we will probably stay close to the house and chill some more, and get the house cleaned up before leaving for good on Thursday for Umbria.
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