Vernazza (13 July)

Today was a relaxing day. We caught the train to Vernazza and hit the beach. Josh described his time yesterday at Vernazza as the best day of his life, building sandcastles in the blackish sand, jumping into deep water and exploring caves. We had a lovely day filled with playing on the sand, swimming and yet more pizza and foccacia. The afternoon saw us back at our home town at the toy shop for some boys with euros burning their pockets, followed by gelati. We are gradually getting used to the rest time in the middle of the day in Italy where almost all the shops close from 12-3 or sometimes even 4:30. Our sights are now set on Pisa. Ian and Sue will have 3 extra passengers on their trip back to Pisa by the fast train. They will stay 2 more nights with us in a caravan park.