Sunday, July 10th
2:25am Texas, 9:25am Fano
It’s our first morning together at the summerhouse, and I have to say it’s quite close to how I pictured it in my mind. The town is small, with local shops and thatch-roof homes. The house we’re staying in is modest but has everything we need. You walk up a set of stone stairs to the front deck, which faces the dunes. The front door leads directly into the kitchen. From there it opens up to the living/dining room. There’s a little table and two couches and lots of big windows. Just sitting here on the couch I can see about 200 degrees around me. Off the living room are two tiny bedrooms, with just enough room for a twin bed or bunk, a two-drawer dresser and a sink. There’s a door at the far end of the living room that leads to the bathroom and master bedroom, as well as the back porch. We woke up around 8 this morning (well, us Blantons woke up around 2, still all messed up from the jet lag, but fell back asleep) and had a delicious breakfast. An assortment of breads bought at the bakery this morning, cheese, jam, chocolate, orange juice and coffee filled up our little table. I’m not much of a breakfast eater, but I’d eat that every morning if I had the time.
The weather is perfection. It’s like fall in Texas… partly cloudy, around 60 or 65 degrees in the morning. It’ll probably warm up to around 70 or 75 later on. We walked the 5 minutes down to the beach from our porch. You make your way through the dunes, and when you emerge you’re greeted by a huge expanse of sand, with another 2-minute walk before you reach the water. I like this kind of beach, where you wear long sleeves and stay out of the water. It’s not for sunbathing or surfing, it’s for walking and looking and thinking. The girls walked down the beach toward town to check out the local store. I’m hoping there’s wifi somewhere. I can certainly appreciate the solitude and quiet of being so far from home, but I’m a product of the information age, and I just can’t cut myself off from the world completely. It goes against my nature.
So for now we’re just taking it slow and enjoying the silence. I’m trying my best not to go back to sleep. There’s a festival in town tonight! Looking forward to it!
