Netunno Beach

Saturday was beach day. Swimming in the Mediterranean was about 10 fold better than swimming in the dirty Atlantic Ocean outside of New Jersey. The water was refreshing for such a humid day. Nettuno is the last stop on the train we took and was well worth the hour train and 6 euro to get to. It was a cozy little town that lacked the overcrowded tourist-y and crowded feeling of Rome. In fact though, Nettuno is a tourist town that with a very large yacht club. I would not mind in the least bit if the study abroad program was moved out of Rome and into Nettuno. We played frisbee on the beach, a totally American activity to partake in.
Surprisingly the beach had some very very openly intimate couples laying around. I've learned that anything I deem unusual or awkward is probably just a cultural difference and nothing more. I know it's wrong to generalize on this sort of thing, but thus far it's been true. Regardless, it was a beautiful day for the beach. We even walked down to Villa Costaguti-Borghese, a well-protected nature reserve built in the mid 1600s. Disappointingly enough, it was closed for the day so we didn't get to go inside. I intend on taking another trip down to the beach, hopefully it will be open for my next visit.



Sampson and I admiring the view of the yacht club and sea.