Viareggio is like.....

Viareggio is like…….

Mission Bay in San Diego, Santa Cruz beach boardwalk, the Great Highway. It is a total beach town, right down to

 

But unlike California beaches, not everything is free. Here’s the dividing line between the 13 Euro cost for 2 chairs and umbrella and the very nicely raked sand of the private beach – and the other side that’s free. The ladies just walked around the fence liked they owned the place.

Those of you who know Becky know that she will never willingly go to the beach – sand, wind (especially WIND) yuck. So, you know who did touch with bare toes the Med and who didn’t

 

And now, the mystery – what is this that was cluttering up the free beach? Looks like a perfectly round hairball but it came in all sizes, from ½” diameter to almost 2 inches (OK, in a sop to all of you Euro types, from 1 cm up to 4 cm – and you realize that all of our ancestors actually intentionally LEFT Europe – for good reasons, right?) – I picked one up today, and here is what it revealed

More of the same hairy stuff- go figure

Tom lied- I actually  went in the water. With my swimsuit on

This is his idea of a day at the beach: