Even though we have been following the coast of the Adriatic we had not been down to the ocean so we decided to fix that today. Our campground is about 2 km from the beach and Luigi will shuttle you down there, so we planned to go down there after siesta today.
But the morning priorities were saying goodbye to all of our new friends at the campground from both Italy and Switzerland. No one was in a big hurry to leave and so everyone kept finding excuses to strike up one more conversation. Finally about 11 am the last person rolled out and Ton and I had the campground to ourself with Luigi. As I am writing this no one else has checked in, so we have the place to ourself.
The other priority was getting laundry done. We knocked it out quickly as we had all of the facilities to ourself and it was perfect clothes drying weather with a strong sun and a brisk wind.
We headed down to the town about 4 pm and the tourist season is definitely over here. Most of the beach resorts and all of the other campgrounds had closed up for the season. There were a few people around and the beaches had a light crowd so it wasn’t desolate, but it was very quiet.
One of the things we have adjusted to over the years is how on and then off tourism is in Europe. The places are mobbed for the summer, then almost no one comes during the fall and winter. As a result when traveling in the shoulder season we have to pay particular to whether the campground we are planning to use is open year round as most are not. By November only around 25% of the campgrounds are still open even in places with warm weather.
The beach is famous for the Two Sisters Rocks or Le Due Sorell in Italian. It is a rock formation with two nearly identical rocks with a sheer narrow channel between them. The ancient story was that two sisters climbed on top of the rock, and one of them dived in, but was immediately in trouble because of the rough seas. She cried out for help and her sister dived in to help her but they both drowned. The gods were moved by the story so they cut the rock in half to honor the two sisters.
After a quick turn thru town we headed back to the quiet campground hoping that someone else had showed up, but unfortunately we are the only guests. So it should be a quiet night for sleeping.
