9/22/23 Mon/Tue – San Vincenzo
We now have two days to rest and do we need it! First thing is the little grocery store for some basics. I brought 1 cup bags of coffee so we had our american coffee. They only have espresso or capuccino which neither of us are that fond of. Straight black, that’s us. They have everything in this tiny market; ie deli with lovely fresh meats; all kinds of cheeses; wine beer, booze of all kinds, cereals, fresh bread, dairy, soaps, you name it they seem to have. The lady is from Hungary, has a husband and 1 daughter (11) living here as well. We buy a box of toast squares and some nice soft cheese to spread on it; some lunch stuff; ie fococcia bread, the most beautiful lean salami the size of a roast not in small rounds like we have. Really fun trying to figure what the items are as everything of course is in Italian.
After breakfast we head off for the beach. It is about 1 1/2 blocks through the woods, and under the highway; our place has a little shack that provides drinks etc with tables under the trees. Beautiful beach, nice and sandy, lounge chairs with a cover for your head and an umbrella table provided by our resort. We are on the Ligurian Sea which runs all the way up to Genoa and the French border – you can see north for many miles. South for about 5 miles as the peninsula containing Piombino juts out with the island of Elba (Napoleon held here) just off the coast.
We spend most of our two days here on the beach – wonderful weather and there is a little beach cafe with a deck we have our snacks, drinks and the wonderful italian gelato ice cream. The beach is not at all crowded but plenty to watch as there are many people walking up and down the beach, some out in catamarans, paddle or sail boats, very entertaining. Ahh the good life.
In the evening we eat at our little ristorante. They don’t open until 7:30 and even tho we are late eaters at home we find we are starving by the time they open so we are often the among the first to arrive. The food is excellent and all the people are of course tourists from all over so we have many interesting conversations. Many Canadians and of course lots of English. This is the end of relaxing (didn’t even go into town) as tomorrow we catch the train to Livorno to pick up our car. Another adventure.
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