Dinner by the Sea

Well, technically it's an inlet, but connected directly to the Adriatic, so let's call it dinner by the sea. I've spent the second half of the afternoon driving and this is first contact with water in a long time!

I pull out at the first chance and find a little beach bar. As I wait for the girl behind the counter I count my coins and wonder if they'll be enough, laughing but not really surprised when she rings up the half liter at 2,70 €. I can get used to this!

With the water gently gurgling against small boats tied to the pier, crickets singing their late summer song and a warm breeze carrying the murmur of adults enjoying a drink and their kids playing in the growing dark, I reheat some chili I made at home and take a seat a bit removed from the socialites.

Is it the lager or the water that nearly instantaneously transforms me from the frantic pace of the highway to a much calmer state of mind?Leer más