Today was about more exploring and trying new things.

We had a lovely, slow morning—I think we all needed it—and we headed out just before 10 a.m.

Walking past the big cathedral, we were just in time to see more of the local festa, with the procession of three more statues through the street, followed by a marching band and many locals.

Once the procession had passed, we ventured into the cathedral for a look. It was massive—lots of white and brown marble, frescoes, paintings, and relics.

We continued walking and headed to the main piazza for a coffee and to try something new. There was a lovely-looking panetteria (bakery) on the edge of the piazza that I had been wanting to try. So we went in and chose a selection of their small cakes to have with our coffee—cream, chocolate, and pistachio filled.

We enjoyed our coffee and cakes in the piazza and just watched the world go by.

Boom 💥

What was that…

More festa celebrations—with the firing of a cannon and white smoke 💨. This seemed to continue about every five minutes. Boom… Boom… Boom…

On the other side of the piazza was a free workshop for various arts: cooking, tambourine, ceramics.

We had a go at learning the tambourine—apparently, the technique is quite specific 🤌

We continued wandering, now in search of a white train that provides tours around the town. Five euros each and we were on board.

We covered many of the areas we had already walked, but we did get to a few areas we hadn’t been to yet, which was good. And it was probably worth the five euros just to sit for half an hour and take a load off. The kids enjoyed the ride.

After the train ride, we headed back into the main piazza of the old town and back to the bakery we had visited this morning. In the spirit of trying new things, we had heard about their amazing panzerotto (similar to a Margherita calzone, but the dough is lightly fried—not oil-soaked).

We grabbed a few to share, along with a few other random items to try. They were amazing—super tasty and cheap at just two euros each.

After lunch, we headed out to the beach for a swim. The winds had dropped today, so there was much less swell, but the beach still had a bit of churned-up weed as a result. It was still good for a swim.

After swimming, it was time for a spritz. We headed out to find a cool little spritz bar we had walked past a number of times. We wanted to try their cocktail before we leave in a few days—a passionfruit spritz and a Negroni. Yum.

We continued to cruise the streets of the old town and decided to grab some takeaway pizza for dinner and to watch the UEFA Champions League final between PSG and Inter.

We grabbed three pizzas: a Bufala Margherita, a Monopoli (anchovies and turnip tops), and the kids’ selection—the Wurstel e Patatine (hot dog and fries) 🫣

They were all pretty good—even the hot dog and fries pizza (just odd).

After pizza, we settled in to watch the soccer. We were supporting Inter (Milan) and were hoping for a win, as we would be back in Milan in just over a week.

The girls had headed to bed, so I decided to take A out to see if there were any live sites where we could take in the atmosphere of the game more. We found a few bars and restaurants that had TVs set up showing the game, and while the places were busy, it wasn’t really what we were looking for. We visited a few, took it in, but in the end decided to head home and just watch the rest of the game there.

Turns out it was a pretty poor game, with PSG dominating and taking the win 5–0 😱