Today I drove down the coast a bit but still in Villanova, Ostuni looking for this place that Filamina talked to me about as her favorite place. There were cars dispersed here and there along the rocky coast with the road to drive on all sand. Not sure why this is like that. People were set up with their beach chairs and umbrellas just sitting around on small patches of sand. No one really swims here. There is a lot of rock in the water and you have to carefully seek out patches where there is a sandy bottom. There are no houses or cottages around here. There was though a small hut set up renting beach umbrella and I assume soft drinks to buy. I drove on the sandy pathway as far as I could before it turned dangerously rocky. I still haven't figured out who all these people are. Are they visitors that just want to get some beach time? I think outside my apartment the elder ladies who live in the apartments around me just enjoy carrying their beach chair down to the water and visit with each other. I think these people just really love being by the ocean. There's been a lot of screaming children out here too so maybe they live nearby and need to get out of their very hot apartments. They are beautifully tan and are not shy in the least in showing their "not fit for a bikini" bodies in a tiny bikini. How nice it would be to just let it all out for the world to see and not be judged. I think that is the case here.
I went to a new fruit/vegetable stand and found Roma tomatoes. But the lady would not let me pick out the ones I wanted. She just grabbed some and put them in the bag. I got another head of garlic to see if it has any taste. What I want to have to eat when I go out is a lot easier to make myself. So I bought some linguine made with mushroom, little hot peppers and some bread. I just cooked some peppers, garlic, anchovies in olive oil to mix into some cooked linguine. I will add some Roma tomatoes to this. I tried to get something similar for lunch today, telling the waiter I wanted their fresh pasta with tomatoes but what I got was 3 homemade ravioli filled with something (I don't know what) all covered with a bit of crushed canned tomatoes. It was good. Just a surprise. Last night I ordered Octopus and Cuttle fish that was grilled and a salad. It was very good but the salad like all salads here was iceberg. Not complaining just reporting.
The kids here at night still stay out very late-midnight- making a lot of noise. It doesn't bother me. I just wish I knew what they were saying and then maybe I could yell some Italian back.
I don't think this is a tourist town per se but many come maybe to visit their grandparents and spend time at the sea. There is always someone fishing on the rocks out my window. This one guy tonight had the longest pole I'd ever seen! Didn't see him catch anything yet.
Giusseppe was supposed to get me some Roma's for today. He's a shop owner, very nice who is probably around 52 with a son, Giusseppe who probably is 10 and with him in the store in the evening. I think his wife is the one who sits outside the market with their little dachsund dog.
NO ONE makes eye contact on the street while walking. NO ONE ever says Chao. I don't know why.
Tomorrow I will go up the coast is search again for a nice beach to plunk myself with my book. I started reading 'Orphan Train'. Very good.
Chao
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