After a long day of shopping and exploring grocery stores and learning how mall electronic stores function, our friend Nicola invited the family to join him and his kids to the beach. It turns out to be quite close, a mere 30 minutes from our house (with no traffic) and fairly easy to get to. Forgetting that today is Valentine’s Day (aren’t we all romantics!), we decide to head to a restaurant Nicola knows about near a public beach. We get there and the sun that had begun to sneak through the clouds has squarely gone back into hiding, leaving us a chilly, damp day to explore the beach. The kids romp around, learning that Nicola’s kids’ Italian and French can not communicate with our kids English. Nicola’s son Natan is an avid collector of snail shells, and quickly finds the snails hiding spot near our pile of stuff. The gents go off to the restaurant to see what our wait time will be for some fresh seafood, and find that all of the tables are booked through the afternoon…Valentine’s Day! Meanwhile, the kids get into much mischief and it begins to sprinkle.
Luckily, Nicola’s Italian is quite a bit better than ours and he finds that the restaurant has snacks, including fresh procuitto crudo paninis, which we all happily eat under a palm umbrella in the rain. While not the sunny Roman beach experience we were anticipating, a successful romp in the sand, exploration of places for future adventures and a nice time out of the house!
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