Tough morning. I stayed up until 1AM chatting away with Margaret and David, who came in from London to stay with us, and Dan, who has been here in Terracina at the villa for the whole time. It was kind of sleepless, or more of a period of insomnia interrupted by brief fits of sleep, punctuated by the early AM departure of one couple (which, in my state of grogginess, sounded somewhat like tiptoeing elephants), and snoring of the men-folk.
At 5:30AM, I decided to take advantage of the silence and solitude, stepped out in my shirt and sleep shorts and walked the beach toward the town of Terracina in the east.
What glorious colors awaited me in the eastern horizon! This was a magic moment! This was what the entire trip was about. The moment to stare at the wonder and beauty of the universe's creation and soak it all in. The beach was empty, except for a forest of closed umbrellas and flat tanning beds, with the occasional group of teens wrapping up their all-night bonding sessions (or make-out sessions, in some cases), and a few of the die-hard shore fishermen casting their last lines into the sea after spending the hours since the dying of the previous day.
Amazing. Words fail me to describe it. And they couldn't do justice to what I saw and what I felt. So maybe I can share a sliver of it with you in pictures.
Enjoy. Savor the moment.
Just know that I had something magical that can never be taken away.
Terracina: The land of radiant smiles and endless laughter. This fits it to a "T".
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