Alba Adriatica

Fun at the beach! Yes, I realize it was months ago, but I STILL haven't gotten through all my pictures from Italy. So much for getting them out by Christmas.

But while in Abruzzo visiting Anthony's side of the family, we spent 3 nights at the beach, Alba Adriatica to be exact. It was beyond awesome. The girls love the apartment and had free roam of the place. And the beauty of it is that they're always in earshot and they love being out on the balcony. So while at the apartment I would say we spent the majority of our time out there.

On our first night there, I put all our stuff away, set up the beds and then we headed out for some fun along the beach. A nice walk followed by some fun at the rides. The girls had a blast this past summer on any and all rides they went on. It was amazing seeing their little faces light up whenever they saw them and hearing their little voices "please can we go on the rides?" was too cute for words.

The next morning it was off to the beach...

later that same afternoon we had a crazy storm pass through the town which kept us indoors. Well, Anthony and the girls napped indoors as opposed to our original plan of napping on the beach, but I headed out anyway to take some pictures and grab a cappuccino. And for anyone who's not Italian...you get very weird looks when asking for a cappuccino at any time other than the morning. I know cappuccino is for mornings and un-Italian to ask for it at any other time of day, but I don't care. I like me some good cappuccino.

The next day found us on the beach again and having a blast in the sunny skies and gorgeous waves. Both girls are not very brave when it comes to the waves and at Alba you can't go out too far to begin with because the water turns deep very quickly and the tides are very strong. But they had a great time playing in the sand and just along the water's edge.

After lunch we visited with a friend of the family for lunch at her adorable apartment. She is a chef and her food is out of this world!

That night after dining at the apartment, we headed out for a ride on the riscio or rickshaw. I can not even begin to explain how much fun we had in the time we rented that little bike. The girls LOVED it. It was a chilly so we bundled them up with beach towels and we put them in charge of the horn. Not the best idea looking back now, but they had so much fun. Anthony and I did too!

More fun in the sun on our last morning in Alba. Sad to leave but happy to have had so much fun.