This is an unprecedented extra issue. Never in the history of travel blogging has there been a need for a second blog for the same day but there is today.
After our nap we went for a stroll, window shopping with a grand finale in a new Zara shop nearby. Of course that made us hungry so we returned to our 'hood where we sorta know the restaurants. On one street just around the corner from our apartment there are three in a row so we sat down at the first one desperately wanting spaghetti and meatballs. they didn't have any so we moved to the next one where they were so busy they didn't have a table but brought one out for us from inside including chairs and just plunked it down at the end of a long row. As soon as we had sat down the couple at the next table down the row left so we moved over and the staff then took the table they had brought out for us back inside. Then the chief waiter thought he wanted a table available for four so he asked us to move another table down and he then brought the inside table back out in order to achieve that. Of course, in true Italian fashion, the next couple to come were seated there so the idea for having a table for four was totally ignored. All the while everyone in the restaurant was watching it unfold, holding their collective breaths and smiling. the good news is that we got the meatballs and ended up sitting next to this lovely couple from Wales on their honeymoon. We had a good long chat which made an unusual evening even better.
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