Mom is walking better the past few days, using her walker to
get down the beach paths. Yesterday she walked a supermarket, and today she
walked at the beach. We had seats in the second row, and tomorrow we begin a
week in the front row. As we exited the beach, to the sounds of “buon pranzo”
(good lunching) from the locals and the staff of the beach club, we passed
fruit and cheese vendors . We stopped and bought some formaggi (cheese) to have
in the fridge and it is delicious. The cheese guy was from Gargano, which is
about an hour and a half down the coast.
Pranzo (lunch) was prepared by Zia. She made a delicious
Italian lunch of penne con sugo di pomodori (penne with tomato sauce), polpette
di carne machinato (meatballs made with ground beef), and brasciola. Best of
all, Mom did the flight of stairs no problem, the most stairs she’s done since
her knee replacement surgeries.
After pranzo, we headed back to Lido Ritz and got into the Adriatic.
It was pretty warm today. As we sat on the beach enjoying the twilight hours of
music and people dancing in the clubhouse, we saw the clouds gathering.
Luckily, we made it back before the rain, which only lasted 20 minutes. Though,
all of the heat was gone when the rain dissipated. 