Today was the first day D didn’t wake up and work out. We all slept in, D and I still aren’t feeling great, but Paul knows how to put a smile on our faces with Nutella-filled bombetti and croissants.

We made it to the beach by 1pm and it was considerably more crowded today. Fried calamari, pizzette, pasta with red sauce, and calamari and shrimp for lunch. Hand shaved granita (amarena and lemon flavors) from one of the beach vendors as an afternoon snack.

For dinner, Miss M made herself penne with jarred sauce for dinner. Yup, you read that right. She was happy and we had a great meal despite her not joining us.

Paul, D and I went back to Cucino Io with its gorgeous views of the water, the borgo and beach. We had burrata with anchovies and polpo e patate (octopus and potato salad). Damian tried an anchovy for the first time and was shocked as to the saltiness. For dinner I had pasta with tuna, and Paul and D had tonno scotatto (lightly grilled tuna with pickled onions on the side.) I’m going to say the tuna was lightly grilled because the texture was very different than a grilled swordfish or salmon. D was a bit surprised at its “mushiness” but ate is anyway.

Capped the night off with gelato and Marianna joined us for a passagiatta (nightly stroll.)

Reading today’s post makes it sound like all we’re doing is eating, which I guess is true! But what it really means is we’re relaxing and not doing much or anything or going really anywhere. Just living la dolce vita. But that will change on Monday.