This was officially my very 1st WHOLE day off in 18 days so I decided to go down to the
ocean. I'd heard Maratea was very beautiful. The only way out of here is to take the one hour
hairpin bus ride to Sapri and from there take either a bus or train somewhere else or just stay
in beautiful Sapri. I took the 6minute train ride to Maratea. I got out of the train to find myself
at a lonely train station with no indication of where to go to get anywhere. So I started walking
and walking up and up and up following signs to Maratea and hen before I knew it I was seeing
signs for the next town. Then I realized I'd walked right through the center of Maratea which was
a grocery store/sell everything else for the home store. I'd gone in and bought a liter and 1/2 of
mineral water for .40euro. About 55 cents. On my way out of the store I met 3 young guys all
sweaty and standing next to their bicycles. I asked if they spoke English. It is so nice to find
someone who speaks English. They were all from Denmark riding their bicycles from Rome
to Sicily. From there 2 were flying home and the other taking a boat to Sardinia and then to
Corsica and then to Nice. It is always a pleasure to meet someone you can talk to. The language
barrier is probably the most difficult thing about being here. That and not being able to talk to Hannah
on the phone.
So then off I went down the hill I'd just came up, trying to find my way to the beach. Well there is
no beach in Maratea. The whole coast is rocky cliffs. Quite beautiful but nowhere to just sit and
enjoy the water. So back up I go. Up the mountain on a road that can barely fit two very small cars
much less someone walking. There is NO room for a person on these roads. At times I felt I had to
tuck my arms in close to my body or feel the car brush up against me. That's how close they came to
hitting me. But the funniest thing I saw was a young guy on a motorbike on these hairpin roads-
TEXTING while driving! These people are crazy! I had to laugh. It was really funny.
I decided after having lunch (fresh linguini with porcini and white anchovies) to go back to Sapri
for the rest of my day off and go to the beach there. I did that and enjoyed my first full day off!
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