Tired after a long day
Two Sundays ago, Taber and I headed for the Rimini beach. It is an easy two hour train ride and ten minute walk before you are relaxing on a lounge chair and soaking up the sun (plus a two minute intermission for applying sunblock). Within minutes of laying down, we were both asleep. We were able to remain asleep for a little while thanks to the cool sea breeze, which masked the scorching hot sun. The wind lured not only sunbathers and families to the beach, but also sport enthusiasts. The Rimini beach offers kite boarding, wind surfing, canoes, paddle boats (with a built in slide), kayaks and many more water sports. The most popular being kite boarding. At first, it looked like the fish were flying kites. Once our eyes followed the string down and saw a person on the other end jumping the waves and throwing in a couple of fancy tricks we realized it was kite boarding. Taber debating having a go at it but decided against it. The strength of the wind whipped out the beginners level and took it straight to expert. Instead of losing limbs kite boarding, we opted to sleep, swim, and people watch.
After 5 hours at the beach Taber and I walked to the town center for dinner. Being a Sunday, the center was empty and a majority of the restaurants were closed. Five hours of sun plus two hungry stomachs slowed us down to a snails pace. Eventually we managed to find a nice restaurant bordering the town square. Energized from dinner, we walked back to the train station and headed home.
It was not until the following day that we realized the cool sea breeze was not our friend, and rather deceptive. The natural fan system concealed the hot sun, making us oblivious to the amount of sun our bodies were absorbing. Thanks to the double faced wind, we were a little bit on the crispy side. We felt a little back stabbed by the wind, but once our red skin turned into a bronze tan we got over it and were thankful for the cooling system.
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