Friday 23 May 2003

Another Hot Sunny Day

We spent the entire morning lounging around the villa; reading, chatting and eating. We finally felt raring to go at siesta time – just our luck! We drove into Viareggio and chose a nice spot for lunch in one of the beach front pizzerias. I had bought Tom a honeymoon present before we got married and he got around to opening it while waiting for his pizza. It was a pocket stunt kite to play with on the beach.

We walked up the promenade and into the port where we gazed at more lovely boats. The car hire chappy still did not have a cabrio Smart for us and his scooter looked pre-war, so we decided to keep the Megane and drop it off at the airport on our way home a week later. Although we did not get to hire a Smart cabrio, I did find a Smart car... of sorts (as you can see from the picture). We were then ready for a little spot of something, so we walked to the nice cafe in the middle of the promenade for delicious cappuccino’s and Tom asked for two little cakes in Italian – we have no idea what we ate but they were yummy. We then drove to the supermarket and bought enough groceries to last us through the weekend.

We’ve just had melon and parma ham with focaccia for supper (Tom also had a banana sandwich and a honey sandwich – he was still peckish). We are now going to bed to read about Lucca where we are going tomorrow enjoy honeymooning activities (thanks to Tom for the amendment). I have added sunburn on my arms to the rather attractive heat rash I've had on my neck and chest since Tuesday (and still he finds me irresistible – it must be love).