Abby's update - July

Hi Ros!!

 

So sorry for the big break between emails again, I have been busy experiencing an Italian summer!

Also I think I forgot to say in my last email, but I would love the contact of the other girl from Adelaide who went to Italy last year for exchange. 

 

So, Italian summer. It’s been so much fun.

 

For this month after my Eurotour I have been in Sanremo, in Liguria. Here you can find the Mediterranean Sea, except the exact section is called the Ligurian sea.

The water, some days, is super clear and always fairly warm. Some days after a big blow up at night there’s heaps of seaweed and it’s all churned up, but the same thing happens everywhere.

Something different about the beaches here though is that majority of them require payment for entry. And then further payment for a sunbed.

Lucky for me, my host family has a spot at a beach called La Brezza, around 3km from our house, so we ride our bikes. This spot at the beach comes complete with a little cabin I suppose. It is enough for towel storage and there’s a shower, shelves, other things.

I have spent almost everyday, minus maybe 2, at the beach this month.

 

 

I was soooo lucky, I spent it with my host family who got me sailing lessons which I am super grateful for.

We also did a little tour of old Sanremo which was very pretty, a little bit dirty but you can see how it would have been when it first originated ages ago. Then we drove to Bussana Vecchia, a small abandoned town nearby. It was abandoned in the 1800’s if I ever correctly, and now there are little shops and cafes there. To top off my day of exploring, I made my host family a Thai green chicken curry which they really liked (and so did I!). 

 

We’ve also been doing some time on the family’s boat, we normally head for about 40 minutes north west, where you find (drum roll please) France, and a view of Monaco! It’s so cool to me that I can get on the boat and see Monaco, France and even swim in French water which is always super cool and clear. Haven’t tried fishing yet, but hopefully soon!

 

On Monday (still today for me!) I started my sailing course! I was a little nervous starting out, but it was super fun. I was in a laser 16 with 2 boys who were very helpful. There wasn’t a lot of wind today so we got towed out, did a little bit of sailing, swam, and got towed back in.

I also did a surf course today, which was super fun but I was not very good. My host sister did it with me, and she was super good!

 

How is everything going at the club?