Adventure day to Sperlonga & Anzio...

Ciao everybody - in previous postings I said I was going to share with y'all our visits to 2 beautiful Italian cities, Vitterbo & Frascati - but yesterday we took a ride to two other beautiful places and I really would like to share them with you. Don'y get me worng - Vitterbo & Frascati are both wonderful ancient walled cities and I will add them as filler into future postings.Since spring (primavera - in Italian) is on its way - we decided to take a day trip to the beach!
Our primary destination was a wonderful town called Sperlonga!

Sperlonga is a beautiful seaside town to the south of Rome. It is filled with Whitewashed houses all clustered on a steep headland. The entire town is built as a bunch of different terraces all leading down to the sea and a magnificent beach. As with all beach towns not in season - it was amazingly peaceful and quiet. Many of the local shops were not open but, of course, we found a wonderful restaurant to have a scrumptious lunch. Since we were at the beach, lunch consisted of fresh seafood, pasta, and a pleasant local white wine.

Insalate di misto mare
(mixed seafood salad)

Vino bianco di casa
(house white wine)

The restaurant was fabulous - our waitress started speaking in Italian to us and we responded in-kind. When we got to ordering the wine - she asked whether we wanted a full carafe or half carafe (in Italian) - I guess by that point she was over our attempt at Italian - without skipping a beat - she quickly repeated her question in English with a perfect New York accent. We responded to her in Italian - she walked away and we had a good laugh about it... We would like to thank Ristorante Corallo for a wonderful dining experience. The best part of the resaurant was its location (the street and the view)...

Beyond the lovely sleepy little town - there was the view. Not much I can say - so I will let the view speak for itself...

Tom & the coastline...

Ron & the city...



Great city on a hill...

and a Quiet beachline....

An amazing little place for rent...

& fresh fish daily!

After leaving Sperlonga, Tom & I decided that we needed to come back for a weekend when the weather gets better. So, today we booked a great little hotel for Easter weekend!
On the way home we wanted to drive back along the coast and started heading north...
For sunset we ended up in a little town called Anzio. A cute coastal town during WWII used as a crucial Allied landing zone. It has a major historical significance and is the home of two very important war cemetaries.
I must say the sunset was just darling...take a look...

Reflecting Sunset

Sailboat on the horizon...

While in town on the way back from sunset, Tom stopped at a local barber (Antonio) to get his hair cut. We walked back through the town and decided that it was time to head home - the sun was down and we still had about an hour drive until we were home.
All-in-all it was a beautiful day! The weather was amazing - not too cold - not too hot!
Good food, great places, amazing company - what more can someone ask for!

So, for this adventure day - we are signing off -
Until the next posting, we send our love to everybody!
Abbracci a tutti!
Love
Ron & Tom