Al Mare

Yesterday we went to the beach for the day to see the coast, and of course get some lovely tuscan sun. The bus dropped us off at Riva del Sole, which happened to be a really nice resort! The beach was pretty interesting to say the least. The coast line was so pretty. The old ladies in particular found the need to take their tops off, but it was not a nude beach (thank goodness). The guys, all ages, wore speedos which was kind of funny, because no one does back at home. Another thing that was different was that lots of people walk around trying to sell you random things. Furthermore, they have private and public beaches. You can either rent a chair and umbrella for as much as 30 euro, where you cannot lay on your towels anywhere; or you can go to the public beach and lay on your towel and bring your own umbrellas, etc. for free! So that's what we decided to do. It was very, very relaxing and fun to people watch. All the kids were playing soccer. When we got hungry, we realized the little store at the resort closes for most of the early afternoon (as most stores do in Italy). Overall it was a really fun trip and good to see more of beautiful Tuscany.