We drive down on the Saturday morning and meet up on the gorgeous beach at Baratti. Nadia and Alberto's friends are there too, Dario and Roselle and Big Mario. Alberto also has his new 'Flying Dutcman' boat ready to hit the waves. Unfortunately I don't get the chance to go out in it as Alberto and Dario spend nearly 4 hours sailing to Piombino - everybody is worried about them and a search party is dispatched. Luckily they are fine, just having too much fun to notice the time! The weather is perfect and I even manage to listen to the 'Live 8' concert on the radio.
We stay on the beach all day and in the evening we enjoy a fish barbecue up in the pine woods. The sunset over the sea is beautiful and the music is pumping, the wine flowing and we even manage to finish a whole bottle of Lagavulin whisky that I've bought as a present for Alberto! It's a wonderful evening and a return event in September is promised.
We retire to their house in yhe hills of Campiglia where we sleep on their sofa-bed and are woken rather abruptly at 7am by the house martin birds and church bells! We go for breakfast in a really cool pasticeria in Venturina, before hitting the beach again for another perfect day in the sun. Annette even gets the chance to do some windsurfing and manages 50 metres without falling in! All their friends are there again and we get the chance to get to know them a little better. At the end of the day we enjoy a very refreshing watermelon and drive back to Campiglia for dinner, bringing a very enjoyable weekend to a close. We depart at around 10pm for the drive back to Florence.
(Original Journal entry 3/7/05)
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