The nice weather was back. We all slept in and then had the typical three stages of breakfast. One for Josh and me, then Olivia and Avery, and finally when she was able to rouse herself, breakfast for Charlotte. She didn’t come down until after 11am. Around here, it seems not much happens until after 11am on any given day.
While the storms had passed, the seas were still not calm, so instead of going out on Carlo’s sailboat, Carlo, Nicole and their girls came to our place for a leisurely Feragosto lunch – a tradition in Italy on the 15th of August. We pooled our frigos together to come up with a nice spread (since it was a Sunday AND Feragosto, no markets would be open today).
After lunch, the girls played in the pool, Nicole drove her oldest, Livia to work (at Brandy and Melville) Carlo napped, Josh went on a ride, and I took a bath. Avery napped - but not long enough.
When Josh returned from his ride, we all drove to Orbetello to the Pizzeria for dinner. Avery, exiled to the rear of the wagon due to space considerations was bothersome to everyone in the rear. Even once we arrived in Orbetello, he pulled Olivia’s hair and knocked her down. It was not going to be a good night with Avery – two nights in a row out on the town (even though we were doing a 7:30pm dinner tonight) was too much for him. We strolled to the piazza for gelato after dinner – when it dawned on Avery that he had lost his gelato for bad behavior, he had an absolute fit. Of course.
We said goodbye to Nicole who was going off on a business trip tomorrow. She has been a great friend, and key to our enjoyment of our year here. We would see the rest of her family tomorrow for sailing.
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