Last Day in Sarzana

I finished writing this blog about an hour ago and it disappeared before I could post it! Here goes again…

This is a view of part of the marina with a good sized yacht at anchor

We had another quiet day today. I ambushed Henry outside so I could cut his hair – he was not thrilled but he sure looks better and I hope he feels better with some of that hair off.

It took me until today to realize that the helicopters I heard constantly flying overhead weren’t for tourists. There is a military base just outside the gates to the marina and they’ve apparently been practicing or drilling or whatever. Usually 2 at a time so pretty noisy. At least they stop when it gets dark. I take that back. It’s dark now and I just heard them overhead again!

I went to the little store on site and picked up some of their fabulous salami (just like I used to get back in Massachusetts), provolone cheese, wine, bread and another 6-pack of 2 liter bottles. We seem to go through about 2 bottles a day between me and the dogs. There’s also a snack bar/bar next door that has yummy gelato. I had to have some, but of course I shared with Henry and Polly. 😊

I met a couple and their daughter from Surrey in the UK traveling in their motorhome. They have 2 adorable Yorkies named Buddy and Oscar. They’ve been on vacation traveling for almost 3 weeks but are headed home now. They didn’t like traveling those mountain roads any more than I did!

We have to leave the campsite by 10:00 am tomorrow and are heading for Camping Village Il Poggetto just south of Florence. Hopefully it will be our last campsite. I’m going to be looking for a rental property south of that area. Depending on what I can find, I hope we’ll be moving out of the van by mid- to late August or the first of September. Frankly, I can’t wait to get into a solid structure that I don’t have to move every few days. The dogs will be thrilled too. Is everyone keeping their fingers crossed that we’ll 1) get there safely without incident and 2) that I can find some place for us to live pretty quickly? I also have to start looking for a car because once I park this behemoth permanently I don’t think I’ll be using it again.

More from Il Poggetto…..