If you would like to see details about our journey, check out our itinerary and our bike route.
Finally, a day at the beach! Meghan and I planned this trip--at least roughly--a couple years ago, during a Christmas holiday in Tulum, Mexico. We had a memory of baking under the sun on a beach in Cinque Terra about 10 years ago, with a waiter delivering cold lemon slushies in little tin buckets every couple of hours. It was our idea of heaven. We wanted to replicate it.
Early in the morning, we hiked down to the nearest beach from our apartment--the Spiaggia Passetto, about a 10-minute walk. We found a concession with chairs and umbrellas, bought cold drinks, and settled down to dip in the water, read in the sun, and cool off in the shade.
Several hours later, we brushed off the sandy gravel and made our way back to the apartment, where we showered and rested from our big expedition.
About 18:30, we put on nice clothes and ventured out to find the tabaccheria where Ken's new Wahoo was waiting for him. We located the shop, the clerk scanned our QR code and dug through a little pile of packages, and voila! Ken had a new device. He couldn't wait to check it out, so we stopped on the sidewalk while he opened the box.
The next stop was La Vecchia Osteria, where we dined on a variety of local and traditional dishes. The servers were attentive, the food was good, and we left happy and contented.
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| The beach was protected by a barrier of rocks breaking the waves and keeping the motorboats at bay. |
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| One section of the beach was taken up by private beach houses--little caves along a concrete shoreline. |
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| Another portion of the beach was a public area where people set up their own umbrellas and chairs. |
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| We settled in a private section with rented chairs and umbrellas, and a little bar that served cold drinks and snacks. Our chairs were on top of the roof of the bar, which turned out to be kind of nice, a little quieter than the main beach. |
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| War monument at the top of steep steps down to one end of the spiaggia. |
