taking the party to the beach

33 CommentsMonday • March 5, 2007 • by michelle

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The weather is absolutely gorgeous today, so I took my first trip to the beach in a long while. I’m not one to spend hours under the sun in the summer, but on days like this, there’s no better place in the world.

Of course, I ran into P’s parents on the way and they kept trying to convince me to get in the car so they could take me home (probably feeding me something first). Mamma asked me where I had been, why I had gone down to the Marina (the part of the village on the sea), so I told her the truth.

Nowhere and to do nothing.

The health care clinic? Nope.

The market? Neanche.

They just don’t get the crazy Americana who wanted to wander around the Marina with my camera for an hour or so.

But I know *you* do.

Shall we?

 Turned out it was just Giuseppe and me.
I didn’t know him before today, but he told me that he usually
walks the beach with P’s Zio Antonio.Welcome to life in a small town folks.

Some fishing nets secured on the rocks.

And a final shot of Giuseppe as I made my way back to dry land.

When I got back home, I felt refreshed, energized, and so very alive, and as I write this a few hours later, my face is still warm with Calabrian sun.

I may have to make this a regular thing.

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