Beach Beach Beach Yah!!!

I had the best day EVER! There wasn't anything to do this morning of any importance, except go to the beach, so I got to sleep in. While I'm traveling, I sleep a lot. Well, actually I sleep a lot anyways. Once I was awake, I had a bowl of chocolate cornflakes and I sat outside and read my book while I was eating. I sat out there until it got super hot. 

Later, Dad said that it was time to got to Marina de la Praia (the beach). We walked all the way down the stairs until we got to the sandless beach, that made the water crystal clear. It was freezing but Helen, Dad and I went in the water anyway. We swam for a while, and then got out to dry and joined Mom on the shore. It was lunch time, and we didn't want to eat on the beach or at the little restaurants, so we went back to the apartment. After lunch Helen and I sat down and played cards, read, listened to music, drew and mainly just sat around.

At 3:00 we decided to go to "the beach on fire" as Dad liked to call it. I had never been there before so it was kind of a shock to me. There was no actual beach, it was just rocks and cement. It was also a bar so while you were sitting in the sun you could order a drink from one of the waiters or waitresses that circled the chairs. Helen and I both got a lemon soda which is basically homemade lemonade, with pulp, but carbonated. YUM!!! 

When even Helen was tired and we were all hungry, we went to a trattoria/restaurant on the square where I ordered a huge calzone with seafood pasta on the side. It was really good but I couldn't eat all of it so I got to take it home for leftovers!