Thursday, May 1, 2014

VENDICARI


Italy Journal
Thursday, May 1, 2014

Day 6 Sicily VENDICARI


May 1st is a national holiday to celebrate the coming of spring, so Peter and I celebrated by taking the short trip south to Vendicari, a nature preserve with wonderful walking paths.

On our walk through the nature preserve, we enjoyed sights of all sorts of animals and plants. Lots of little lizards, seal gulls and other birds were all around. It sounded as beautiful as it looked. There were also the ruins of an ancient tuna factory that were very interesting.

The one thing we neglected to predict on this walk was that there was no shade by the sea, where the nature preserve stretched for a few miles. Too late, I’m afraid, Peter had the bright idea to suggest to me to use my umbrella as a shade against sunburn. That worked very well, when the wind didn’t turn the umbrella inside out!


As we drove back home, we became well aware that we were almost to the end of our stay in Sicily. We’ve had such a nice time with Gina’s family, and we’re really excited about the upcoming birth of Gina and Will’s baby boy. Thanks for such an enjoyable vacation, Gina and Will! I included a picture of Gina and Will at the front door of our beach house. It has been a perfect location for this group!

Grazie mille,

Colleen

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