Porto San Giorgio

When we left Venice we didn’t have an exact destination; we knew we wanted to drive south down the eastern coast and stop somewhere before crossing Italy to the Amalfi Coast. Well, Bill’s navigational skills didn’t fail us. We ended up in Porto San Giorgio, which is a beautiful coastal town that I wouldn’t mind spending a whole vacation in.

We found a hotel right across the street from the beach and decided to stay for 2 nights. Our room looked out the the ocean, so we left the door to the balcony open while we slept and woke up to see the sun rise over the Adriatic Sea. It was so amazing that the pictures surely won’t do it justice.

We got an early start on the day, which including walking up and down the beach, and then laying around for a few hours. It’s what we in the (vacationing) biz call a ‘big day.’ The beach was pretty nice, but before long clouds rolled in and it started raining a bit, so we ended up at one of the many bar/club/restaurants that line the beach. We’ve realized how much we enjoy taking our time with a meal. It was hard to get used to how slow waitstaff would work when we first got to Europe, but now we realize that there’s just more appreciation for a long meal, and a long sit to relax afterward.

We did a bit of walking to find the internet that evening so we could book our next hotel, and then we went back to the beach for dinner. We were told to go to a seafood resaurant, so we decided to check it out. We sat down, and when the waitress came over we asked for menus and she made it clear that there was no menu and that she didn’t speak any english. We figured out that she offered to bring us a mix of seafood, so we went for it with our fingers crossed. That meal ended up being one of the best we’ve had, with authentic specialties of that area, and all of it delicious.

Is it weird that all of my Italian posts have so much information about food? I’m only human...