Today was all about swimming in the sea and the pool. The waves were a bit stronger today so as we swam along Vesuvius appeared and disappeared behind the azure water. It doesn’t seem quite as hot to me here now, but the weather forecast tells us that the temperature has remained at 27 degrees throughout our holiday, so James thinks that we’re just becoming acclimatised to the heat. This could be unfortunate if it’s cold in Scotland on our return in a week!
Lunch on the upper terrace was caponata contadina; caponata is the sweet and sour stewed aubergines that we first tasted on Sicily, served on a thin slice of bread with little cubes of cheese scattered over it. It was very light and refreshing. I looked up “contadina” and it means a peasant woman, so I suppose that it means “rustic” referring to the bread base.
In the afternoon we moved to the pool and listened to music, read our books and so on. Before dinner we went back to the LaVilla Café on the Piazza San Francisco Severio Gargulio for drinks; it’s the terrace along in Sorrento overlooking the sea with the bathing decks down below it. We sipped our drinks and chatted and watched all the people strolling by. Many people seemed to be particularly well-dressed this evening, some were downright glamorous. I wonder if it’s because it’s Saturday evening?
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