We had another luxurious breakfast, Tuscan style, on the patio. Afterwards, Stefano and his family packed up and left us to return to their family home in Pescara. Our family packed up for the beach; but made a stop along the way.
I was curious about La Parrina, a place I'd heard sells the best produce and fine foods. La Parrina is an expansive property, owned by a cousin of the Corsini family, and consists of not only a vineyard and a farm for livestock and produce, but an agriturismo, a restaurant and a shop. It was really quite a beautiful operation. We loaded up on peaches and other fruits and surveyed the wines. In fact, we'd enjoyed an Ansonica wine from La Parrina for dinner last night and we inquired about have a case or two shipped back to the States. Unfortunately, La Parrina is not licensed to export (apparently it's not easy to get an export license due to a whole host of reasons including the threat of bio-terrorism), but we could buy the cases and have them shipped ourselves. Later we learned that the shipping costs far outweigh the cost of the wine, in which case the proposition became less alluring.
Finally, we made it to Club Cappanuccia. We ordered panini and ate in the clubhouse. Unfortunately, today our preferred lettinos weren't available and we were ushered to the back corner next to the snack bar. The traffic was bothersome and it was loud; not ideal to say the least. As a result, we limited our stay at the beach today in favor of returning to the pool at our villa and taking naps. But first, we treated everyone to an ice-cream before leaving Cappanuccia.
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