venerdì 25 dicembre 2015
sabato 21 novembre 2015
Summer memories - Beach holiday in Marina di Camerota
I went through some summer photos and remembered that I never wrote about our beach holiday. This time coming back to Rome from Finland was a bit less sad because I had booked a week in Marina di Camerota in the Campagna region so I had something nice to look forward to. We had never been there before. Me, Daniele, Sofia and Carlotta left first and Armando came later, because he had to work a few more days.
Our trip there went fine. We bought a big piece of buffalo mozzarella on our way there driving through a little village full of mozzarella factories. I had Armando's big car which I don't like to drive at all and when we came near our apartment I really missed my little Fiat. The road taking us there was small and hilly and the parking place was really small and difficult to park in, but I managed somehow.
We had an apartment with two bed rooms. Daniele and Sofia slept in the bunk bed and Carlotta in an extra bed in our room. Outside the apartment there was a small table and a few steps away a swimming pool which was almost always empty. It was nice to have a morning swim there.
From the apartment you could walk down to the beach and of course back you had to walk uphill. Anyway we didn't need to use the car the first days there before my husband came. There was a grocery shop that you could quite easily reach by bicycle. They had good bicycles to borrow at the village with lots of gears for the steep hills.
From our beach, which wasn't the best one in the area, there were nice paths to the other beaches, so you could walk from there to the village, Marina di Camerota and as you walked you could see lovely sceneries. Next to Marina di Camerota there was a good sand beach.
Day 1.
We ate some yummy mozzarella, took a quick swim in the pool and headed down to the beach where we stayed till sunset.
The nature is so beautiful here.
Day 2
We took the trail to see the other beaches. Beautiful views!
We stopped at the beach next to Marina di Camerota. Very nice!
Then we walked to Marina di Camerota to get some lunch. We thought we could find a place with pizza slices in the centre, but there was nothing and no people anywhere. Later we found out that we had walked the wrong way because just a few meters from where we were there was the seafront full of bars, cafés and restaurants. We saw a flyer with an address to a pizzeria and started walking there following googlemaps on the phone. It was outside the center and quite a walk uphill. On our way we saw other restaurants, but they were closed. The tourist season was almost over, so lots of places already had closed. We all had got really tired and hungry by now. In the end we found the pizzeria and although it didn't look so inviting at first sight, the pizza was divine!
Our trip there went fine. We bought a big piece of buffalo mozzarella on our way there driving through a little village full of mozzarella factories. I had Armando's big car which I don't like to drive at all and when we came near our apartment I really missed my little Fiat. The road taking us there was small and hilly and the parking place was really small and difficult to park in, but I managed somehow.
We had an apartment with two bed rooms. Daniele and Sofia slept in the bunk bed and Carlotta in an extra bed in our room. Outside the apartment there was a small table and a few steps away a swimming pool which was almost always empty. It was nice to have a morning swim there.
From the apartment you could walk down to the beach and of course back you had to walk uphill. Anyway we didn't need to use the car the first days there before my husband came. There was a grocery shop that you could quite easily reach by bicycle. They had good bicycles to borrow at the village with lots of gears for the steep hills.
From our beach, which wasn't the best one in the area, there were nice paths to the other beaches, so you could walk from there to the village, Marina di Camerota and as you walked you could see lovely sceneries. Next to Marina di Camerota there was a good sand beach.
Day 1.
We ate some yummy mozzarella, took a quick swim in the pool and headed down to the beach where we stayed till sunset.
The nature is so beautiful here.
We took the trail to see the other beaches. Beautiful views!
After a walk and an ice cream in Marina di Camerota we went back to the beach and had a beautiful walk back in the sunset.
Day 3
This day was a rainy day. We took a morning swim in the pool, but then it started raining, so we just stayed in our apartment reading books and surfing in the internet.
In the afternoon I got tired of staying inside and as it had stopped raining I decided to take a walk to the beach. Nobody was willing to come with me first, but in the end Sofia and Carlotta did. We had a nice walk, climbed on the rocks and in the end saw a lovely rainbow and also a sunset, even if the sun didn't shine today. The nature here is so beautiful, even if the weather isn't sunny. In the evening we had a pizza in a pizzeria near the apartment and after that we went to the train station in Palinuro to fetch Armando.
Day 4
Today we went towards Palinuro to a beach called Spiaggia della Marinella. There was a beach restaurant that Armando's friend had recommended to us, especially for fish lovers. We all found something good to eat there. From there we hired a pedal boat and went to Spiagga del Buondormire. Lovely water to swim in! Theres a rock called Scoglio del coniglio that looks like a rabbit.
Day 5
We took the other trail along the beach to look for new beaches. Also here we found lovely beaches. The weather was very variable. First bright sunshine and then the sky got dark and it started raining. We took shelter under the rock. After a while the sun started shining again. We spent many hours on the beach.
Day 6
We had a boat trip this day. The weather was lovely and so was our day.
We had a swim from the boat.
From the beach we walked to another beach along a not very comfortable path, especially not with beach shoes. But it was worth it. During our walk we got to know a nice couple from Cervia.
Day 7
We went to the sandy beach near Marina di Camerota today. It was Sunday and very crowded. The sea was calm today and it was a warm day. We met our new friends there.
On our way back me and Carlotta stopped to watch the sunset on our last day here. So beautiful!
On our way back to Rome we stopped in the little village Castellabate, which has become famous because it's the location of an Italian movie "Benvenuti al Sud".
It was a relaxing holiday and also nice to get all the family together before schools and work started again.
lunedì 12 ottobre 2015
October is here
October is here and so is the more unstable weather. It's still not cold here in Rome, but there have been some rainy days and the weather sometimes changes very quickly. Between these two shots taken from our porch, there is only about fifteen minutes!
domenica 11 ottobre 2015
September collage
The Pieni Lintu and the Mona's Picturesque blogs inspired me to make a monthly collage and look back at our September. So here it is finally: My September collage.
We came back from Finland and as it was getting a bit autumnish there, the summer weather still continued in Rome throughout September.
Schools started here in September, so we went shopping for school supplies.
Me and the girls spent one night in a farm house in Alviano where we went to see Sofia's friend's show jumping competition. We found a nice place with a pool, pear trees and a lovely view.
Before schools started we went on a relaxing beach holiday to Marina di Camerota in the Campania region. It was just what I needed to cheer me up after having left all my dear persons in Finland again.
I invited our friends for a barbeque party in our garden and we spent a really nice day there. There were some rain drops, too, but fortunately the clouds soon disappeared and we could enjoy our day with good food, wine and lots of laughs.
Sofia had a show jumping competition in September. It went well one day and bad the second day.
We went for beach walks in Ostia where we saw some beautiful sunsets.
Of course we couldn't keep away from the lovely ice creams while walking.
Took some photos of Sofia and Danhill when Sofia was riding bareback a little bit. Without the riding helmet, because she had got a permanent hair straightening as her 15th birthday present and for a few days she couldn't tie her hair or wash it.
Schools started here in September, so we went shopping for school supplies.
Me and the girls spent one night in a farm house in Alviano where we went to see Sofia's friend's show jumping competition. We found a nice place with a pool, pear trees and a lovely view.
Before schools started we went on a relaxing beach holiday to Marina di Camerota in the Campania region. It was just what I needed to cheer me up after having left all my dear persons in Finland again.
I invited our friends for a barbeque party in our garden and we spent a really nice day there. There were some rain drops, too, but fortunately the clouds soon disappeared and we could enjoy our day with good food, wine and lots of laughs.
Sofia had a show jumping competition in September. It went well one day and bad the second day.
We went for beach walks in Ostia where we saw some beautiful sunsets.
Of course we couldn't keep away from the lovely ice creams while walking.
Took some photos of Sofia and Danhill when Sofia was riding bareback a little bit. Without the riding helmet, because she had got a permanent hair straightening as her 15th birthday present and for a few days she couldn't tie her hair or wash it.
giovedì 1 ottobre 2015
Last nostalgic days in Finland this summer
The last days in Finland we had to hurry in order to do as many things as possible before leaving. We had nice weather ant the sea water had got warmer.
So we finally went swimming to Laajakoski, which is the place where we love to go for quick evening swims and to Äijänniemi, which is the nearest beach.
I took the girls for a photo shoot in a wheat field. Took lots of photos and we had fun.
We went to Katariinan Meripuisto, a lovely park in Kotka where we had an evening picnic. I really love that park. You can see the sea all the time and there are lots of things to do, you can have barbeques there, there are good picnic tables, you can excercise or just relax and breathe in sea air.
We went out for dinner to an Indian restaurant with my mother and I went out with my sister's daughter to a Thai restaurant and the girls wanted to go to Subway once more. That's there favourite restaurant in Finland.
We went for bicycle rides and picked some more blueberries in the nearby wood. They were getting a bit dry and you could see from the trees that autumn was arriving.
Then we had a nice day in the countryside at my sister's home. The girls tried pony agility and driving a pony carriage with my sister's cute Shetland ponies.
It has become a tradition to buy sweets here in Finland before leaving. The supermarkets in Finland have a really good selection of them.
We went to the swimming pool in Kotka and to the shopping center for some last shopping. It was a cool and rainy day, but the outdoor pool still was open and the water felt really warm compared to the air.
We went to Lovisa because Daniele had left his watch at Onni's home. That day it was also the old houses' day there, where you can visit people's houses, but we didn't have time to do it this time. There were lots of people and we walked around a little bit before driving back to Kotka.
The last night in Finland we had a get-together with old school mates in a beautiful restaurant by the sea in Kotka. I got to see some old class mates and we had a really nice evening. There were people from different graduation years, so many of them I had never met, some of them I didn't recognize and others were just like 30 years ago. Only four persons from my class came, including myself. Two of them are my close friends and fortunately I see them every time I go to Finland. The third one I hadn't met for many years and it was really nice to see her. I hope we will meet soon again. She even came to my home to meet my parents before the party and the four of us had a drink in the bar near the restaurant before going to the dinner.
Posing with my parents before going out.
So we finally went swimming to Laajakoski, which is the place where we love to go for quick evening swims and to Äijänniemi, which is the nearest beach.
I took the girls for a photo shoot in a wheat field. Took lots of photos and we had fun.
We went to Katariinan Meripuisto, a lovely park in Kotka where we had an evening picnic. I really love that park. You can see the sea all the time and there are lots of things to do, you can have barbeques there, there are good picnic tables, you can excercise or just relax and breathe in sea air.
We went out for dinner to an Indian restaurant with my mother and I went out with my sister's daughter to a Thai restaurant and the girls wanted to go to Subway once more. That's there favourite restaurant in Finland.
We went for bicycle rides and picked some more blueberries in the nearby wood. They were getting a bit dry and you could see from the trees that autumn was arriving.
Then we had a nice day in the countryside at my sister's home. The girls tried pony agility and driving a pony carriage with my sister's cute Shetland ponies.
It has become a tradition to buy sweets here in Finland before leaving. The supermarkets in Finland have a really good selection of them.
We went to the swimming pool in Kotka and to the shopping center for some last shopping. It was a cool and rainy day, but the outdoor pool still was open and the water felt really warm compared to the air.
We went to Lovisa because Daniele had left his watch at Onni's home. That day it was also the old houses' day there, where you can visit people's houses, but we didn't have time to do it this time. There were lots of people and we walked around a little bit before driving back to Kotka.
The last night in Finland we had a get-together with old school mates in a beautiful restaurant by the sea in Kotka. I got to see some old class mates and we had a really nice evening. There were people from different graduation years, so many of them I had never met, some of them I didn't recognize and others were just like 30 years ago. Only four persons from my class came, including myself. Two of them are my close friends and fortunately I see them every time I go to Finland. The third one I hadn't met for many years and it was really nice to see her. I hope we will meet soon again. She even came to my home to meet my parents before the party and the four of us had a drink in the bar near the restaurant before going to the dinner.
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