Two Beach Day

Slept in a bit this morning before we took off for the La Praia Marina beach.  This beach has little stones, instead of sand, and in the stones are little bits of broken tile rounded out like sea glass.  I collected some of them while Meghan, Helen and Mike swam.  It was warm on the beach, but not too hot and the water felt pretty cold to me.  I didn't go in.

We walked home for lunch and rest time, up the hill to our house.  While Mike napped, the kids and I read and generally laid around.  I sat outside looking out at the water from our deck.  There is just something that is so calming to sit with a book and every time you look up, the view is so astonishing, you have to stop and watch it for a minute... then find your place again, sometimes start the page over because you forgot what was happening.

We left for the beach Mike called "On Fire".  To get there, we have to walk to town's main square then cross the street and follow a path down... down ... down to the water.  We started on this path the first Sunday we were here, and since we didn't have swimsuits, we turned around half-way down the stairs and walked back home.  This time, we plowed on down the stairs.  I was a little excited to see the beach on fire.

We arrive at a concrete platform with orange deck chairs and orange umbrellas.  We got there at an opportune time.  We passed, within a minute of reaching the bottom, 2 families making their way up the hill.  When Mike asks for 4 chairs, we end up with 2 on the front row and 2 almost right behind us.  Score 10! 

They deliver our beers and water in a plastic bag with handles filled with ice.  This is almost too much, because there's wifi too! WOOT!  I make our train and hotel reservations while sitting looking out at the phenomenal view.


Mike and Helen jump off the concrete wall two times and I both photograph and video them.  Meghan walks down the ladder and gets a little wet.  I'm fairly certain she's not jumping off the rock because the water is pretty rough and she might lose her suit.  I decided, even though I'm in my swimsuit, I'm not in need of the cooling off.  So, I sit back in my deck chair and read my book.

We walk up to the Trattoria San Gennaro in the square for dinner.  It's okay, not fantastic, but the view is lovely and I'm glad we have stopped here.  We make our way home in the dark.  Another fantastic day on the Amalfi Coast!