Down the Adriatic coast.

We started down the Autostrade but decided we wanted to go through the small towns instead of the big highway.
We turned off the GPS and headed to the coast and kept driving south.
We went through lots of towns, some right at the ocean, but there were no small towns, they just kept going and going.  Joe has connected with his roots now and drives like and Italian.  "Oh my nerves" as my sister Jacquie would say.  

We stopped at a town along the coast for an iced tea with lemon and made our way to the Adriatic to put our feet in the sea.

As we approached our hotel in Pescara, we suddenly got to a road closed sign. Straight ahead about a kilometre was our hotel, but how do we get there? We drove around, circled the hotel and came in from the south side of town. Success, but there was no place to park, as this is the time of the iron man/woman competition, which is why the streets are closed. With the help of the desk clerk, we found a spot right across the road. Hopefully you can park there overnight!!!

The good news is, our hotel Salus is just across from the beach.  The bad news is the view from the window is the back side of buildings, but the good news is we have a little balcony.  The other bad news is that the bathroom is the size of a postage stamp, but the good news here is you can sit on the toilet and wash your feet in the shower at the same time!  It is nice and clean, so we are okay.

Off for some lunch and to check out the beach in Pescara. We had pizza for lunch and walked along the boardwalk, then down to the beach for another swim. (ha ha) I guess I mean sticking our feet in the water again.

Back to the hotel to rest up for dinner.

Out for dinner and guess what we had. Pizza of course.  Joe's was 4 cheese, mine was a vegetarian, 1/3 zucchini strips, 1/3 potato, and 1/3 roasted red pepper.  Not my favourite.  The 4 cheese was better.
The wine cooler was a little different from what we are used to using. See for yourself.

There were rows of tables outside the restaurant set up for the school children and their parents to celebrate the end of the school year.  What a hoot with kids from 7 to 18 running around and parents trying to eat and look after everything as well. All in our Pizzeria. The kids get 3 months off.  Nice!

By the way there are a hundred play things set up for the little kids all along the beach.  From trampolines, slides, little houses, climbing stuff etc.  The children love it.

Tomorrow we head further south to Monopoli where we will be staying for a full week. No longer living the life of gypsies at least for a week.