Travel Day to Metato

Leaving Venice today was disappointing but we are very happy with our new place on the opposite side of Italy. This morning we ate the same great breakfast and took a water taxi to where we rented a two cars. The cars are definitely smaller than the ones in France but they aren't bad. We had a little difficulty finding our villa but we eventually got here. The trip across Italy was very scenic and only took about 3 and a half hours. The people renting the house met us at a parking lot at the bottom of the hill we are staying on. They brought a motorcycle and golf cart to help us haul our bags to the house. The path is very steep and quite a long ways. It probably isn't the best for Grandma and Grandpa because we have to walk back and forth to the car on the steep path but we will make do. The house it very cool-it is built into the rock, has an awesome view, and has a pool! We are way up on a mountainside so it is warm but not as hot as in the city below. Since we didn't eat lunch we stopped at the nearest pizzaria at about four to eat. No one in Italy eats at 4 so we were the only ones there. I had a salad with mozzarela, tomatoes, basil and lettuce with a balsamic and olive oil dressing. I also had some of Brynn's pizza. Next we ventured to the supermarket in the town of Veraggio- I wasn't expecting much but when we arrived we were blown away at the size of it and the number of people that were shopping there! It was awesome because it had underground parking and cool moving ramps. The market was comparable to a grocery store in the U.S.! We bought a few essentials to have breakfast and snacks but we didn't buy more than we could carry up the hill:) Just another piece of info-we had to buy plastic sacs at the market-they weren't free like in the U.S.A. After the market we drove back to the house and made the trek back up the hill with groceries in hand. We then dipped our feet in the pool and enjoyed the view. Apparently there is some sort of parade/festival going on because we can hear a marching band and music from up here. I am ready for a quiet night's sleep after the day of driving!

View from the house as the sun sets. The Mediterranean Sea is in the far background. 

The lights from the city tonight. The big lit up spot in the center is a soccer field with stadium lights!