Saturday 7/5/08

Sarah, Kellin, and I got up early and took the train to the beaches of Viareggio again. I can't say enough how nice it would be if we had a network of trains similar to Europe in the states. It's so easy (unless there's a strike) and not too expensive (usually). We took the 1.5 hour train trip again, and tried to go to the same beach spot. But alas, Il Sole was complete (their way of saying full), so we went one beach company further to Narcisa.

It was still pretty early, but filling up quickly, so we stayed at the umbrella for a while. I kind of learned a lesson from last time and actually used some SPF 6 sun screen. Also, the red flags were up again so we didn't go out very far into the water. The waves were quite wild though, hitting us from all directions while the undertow seemed to be pulling us north. The water beat us up but we had fun.

We went back to the umbrella for a while and read books while Kellin laid out in the sun. We swam again and went back to the umbrella again one more time before lunch, which we ate back at Il Sole's restaurant. Lunch took forever. A long time for them to clean off a seat, a long time to get a menu, not too long to get the food, then forever to get the check. But we weren't in a big hurry. We were just relaxing.

After lunch Sarah and Kellin went back to the water while I stayed at the umbrella and read. I had had enough of the sun. And I'm glad that I didn't go back out into the sun because my face, chest, and back were a little burnt again. Sarah and Kellin, on the other hand, were the ones that got really burnt this time. Sarah even fried the tops of her feet.

We didn't get back to Florence until about 9:30. We were exhausted. So we ate a quick dinner and went to bed early. We had another long day ahead of us.